X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/cd6058f3d4213d884d27e39c26c4c66439d33fa9..8469faef038a262cc0aabae822bdd99fcda654c6:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 4c62d821..3a22226c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,39 +1,19 @@ -rsync 2.5.2 (26 Jan 2002) +rsync changes since last release - SECURITY FIXES: - - * Signedness security patch from Sebastian Krahmer - -- in some cases we were not sufficiently - careful about reading integers from the network. - - BUG FIXES: - - * Fix possible string mangling in log files. - - * Fix for setting local address of outgoing sockets. - - * Better handling of hardlinks and devices on platforms with - 64-bit dev_t or ino_t. + ENHANCEMENTS: - * Name resolution on machines supporting IPv6 is improved. + * "make install-strip" works. (Greg Louis) - * Fix for device nodes. (dann frazier) (Debian #129135) + * With --progress, if we've finished transferring a file, show the + time taken; otherwise show expected time to complete. (Cameron + Simpson) - ENHANCEMENTS: - - * With -v, rsync now shows the command used to initiate an ssh/rsh - connection. + BUG FIXES: - * --statistics now shows memory heap usage on platforms that - support mallinfo(). + * Fix test suite on Solaris. (Jos Backus) - * "The Ted T'so school of program optimization": make progress - visible and people will think it's faster. (With --progress, - rsync will show you how many files it has seen as it builds the - file_list, giving some indication that it has not hung.) + * Fix minor memory leak in socket code. (Dave Dykstra, Martin + Pool.) - * Improvements to batch mode support. This is still experimental - but testing would be welcome. (Jos Backus) - - * New --ignore-existing option, patch previously distributed with - Vipul's Razor. (Debian #124286) + * Fix --whole-file problem that caused it to be the default even + for remote connections. (Frank Schulz)