X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/befbfe61156f63a8dadaf0efaaae4bfbf435c00c..a795ab99c73ecf5cd577a8fc092074a850314664:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ee002893..ea81bf89 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,12 +1,18 @@ -rsync 2.5.3 (not released yet) +rsync 2.5.3 (11 March 2002) + + "Happy 26" SECURITY FIXES: * Make sure that supplementary groups are removed from a server - process after changing uid and gid. (Ethan Benson) + process after changing uid and gid. (Ethan Benson) (Debian bug + #132272, CVE CAN-2002-0080) BUG FIXES: + * Fix zlib double-free bug. (Owen Taylor, Mark J Cox) (CVE + CAN-2002-0059) + * Fixed problem that in many cases caused the error message unexpected read size of 0 in map_ptr and resulted in the wrong data being copied. @@ -20,8 +26,15 @@ rsync 2.5.3 (not released yet) * Fix for rsync server processes hanging around after the client unexpectedly disconnects. (Colin Walters) (Debian bug #128632) + * Cope with BSD systems on which mkdir() will not accept a trailing + slash. + ENHANCEMENTS: + * Merge in changes from zlib 1.1.2 to zlib 1.1.3. (Note that + rsync still uses a custom version of zlib; you can not just link + against a system library. See zlib/README.rsync) + * Command to initiate connections is only shown with -vv, rather than -v as in 2.5.2. Output from plain -v is more similar to what was historically used so as not to break scripts that try @@ -30,4 +43,7 @@ rsync 2.5.3 (not released yet) * Added --no-whole-file and --no-blocking-io options (Dave Dykstra) * Made the --write-batch and --read-batch options actually work - and added documentation in the man page (Jos Backus) + and added documentation in the man page (Jos Backus) + + * If the daemon is unable to fork a child to accept a connection, + print an error message. (Colin Walters)