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@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ Changes since 2.6.7:
       the EOF.  (This can happen when using stunnel).
 
     - Fixed a problem with the file-reading code where a failed read (such as
-      that caused by a bad sector) would make rsync think that the file's
-      read-position was left after the failed read's data.
+      that caused by a bad sector) would not advance the file's read-position
+      beyond the failed read's data.
 
     - Fixed a logging bug where the "log file" directive was not being honored
       in a single-use daemon (one spawned by a remote-shell connection or by
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ Changes since 2.6.7:
     - If rsync cannot honor the --delete option, we output an error and exit
       instead of silently ignoring the option.
 
+    - Fixed a bug in the --link-dest code that prevented special files (such as
+      fifos) from being linked.
+
+    - The ability to hard-link symlinks and special files is now determined at
+      configure time instead of at runtime.  This fixes a bug with --link-dest
+      creating a hard-link to a symlink's referent on a BSD system.
+
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
     - In daemon mode, if rsync fails to bind to the requested port, the
@@ -41,6 +48,9 @@ Changes since 2.6.7:
 
   DEVELOPER RELATED:
 
+    - Removd two unused configure checks and two related (also unused)
+      compatibility functions.
+
     - The acls.diff patch has been improved quite a bit, with more to come.
 
     - A new patch was added: log-file.diff.  This contains an early version of