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-rsync changes since last release
+NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
+Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
+Changes since version 2.5.5:
 
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
@@ -31,6 +33,12 @@ rsync changes since last release
     * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
       and "hosts deny" fields.  (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
 
+    * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
+      terminations.  (J.W. Schultz)
+
+    * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
+      (Dave Dykstra)
+
   BUG FIXES:
   
     * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3.  (John
@@ -48,16 +56,37 @@ rsync changes since last release
       contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
       list) and using --delete.  (Wayne Davison)
 
+    * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
+      dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
+
     * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
       processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
       an error.  (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
 
+    * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
+      broken.  (Dave Dykstra)
+
+    * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
+      (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
+
+    * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
+      when --relative-paths/-R is set.  (Craig Barratt)
+
+    * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
+
   INTERNAL:
 
     * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation.  (Martin 
       Pool, Nelson Beebe)
 
+    * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
+
     * More test cases.  (Martin Pool)
 
+    * Some test-case fixes.  (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
+
     * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
       (Jos Backus)
+
+    * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
+      means rsync should build on more platforms.  (Paul Green)