X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/d313ae7d23d2afde67e88bacb9c2262d46adc2de..6dfb45bcdf7f40e970a7be7bb67a567dd1484744:/OLDNEWS diff --git a/OLDNEWS b/OLDNEWS index 9e572fc5..77a4aad0 100644 --- a/OLDNEWS +++ b/OLDNEWS @@ -1,3 +1,77 @@ +rsync 2.5.2 (26 Jan 2002) + + 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. + + * Name resolution on machines supporting IPv6 is improved. + + * Fix for device nodes. (dann frazier) (Debian #129135) + + ENHANCEMENTS: + + * With -v, rsync now shows the command used to initiate an ssh/rsh + connection. + + * --statistics now shows memory heap usage on platforms that + support mallinfo(). + + * "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.) + + * 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) + +rsync 2.5.1 (2002-01-03) + + BUG FIXES: + + * Fix for segfault in --daemon mode configuration parser. (Paul + Mackerras) + + * Correct string<->address parsing for both IPv4 and 6. + (YOSHIFUJI Hideaki, SUMIKAWA Munechika and Jun-ichiro "itojun" + Hagino) + + * Various fixes for IPv6 support. (Dave Dykstra) + + * rsync.1 typo fix. (Matt Kraai) + + * Test suite typo fixes. (Tom Schmidt) + + * rsync.1 grammar and clarity improvements. (Edward + Welbourne) + + * Correction to ./configure tests for inet_ntop. (Jeff Garzik) + + ENHANCEMENTS: + + * --progress and -P now show estimated data transfer rate (in a + multiple of bytes/s) and estimated time to completion. (Rik + Faith) + + * --no-detach option, required to run as a W32 service and also + useful when running on Unix under daemontools, AIX's SRC, or a + debugger. (Max Bowsher, Jos Backus) + + * Clearer error messages for some conditions. + rsync 2.5.0 (2001-11-30) ANNOUNCEMENTS