X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/d697314b42048356705cd7ad28e8e0030e2c309e..a30dcbc0a8850f63fe831e9f38259347ac4aaa7c:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index bb5a999b..48484fbf 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,90 +1,120 @@ -NEWS for rsync 2.6.7 (UNRELEASED) -Protocol: 29 (unchanged) -Changes since 2.6.6: +NEWS for rsync 3.0.0 (UNRELEASED) +Protocol: 30 (changed) +Changes since 2.6.9: BUG FIXES: - - Made hard-links work with symlinks and devices again. + - Fixed the output of -ii when combined with one of the --*-dest options: + it now itemizes all the items, not just the changed ones. - - If a device-file/special-file changes permissions, rsync now updates the - permissions without recreating the file. + - Made the output of all file types consistent when using a --*-dest + option. Prior versions used to output too many creation events for + matching items. - - If the user specifies a remote-host for both the source and destination, - we now output a syntax error rather than trying to open the destination - hostspec as a filename. + - The code that waits for a child pid now handles being interrupted by a + signal. This fixes a problem with the pre-xfer exec function not being + able to get the exit status from the script. - - When --inplace creates a new destination file, rsync now creates it with - permissions 0600 instead of 0000 -- this makes restarting possible when - the transfer gets interrupted in the middle of sending a new file. + - A negated filter rule now sends the negation option when sending the + filter rules. - - Reject the combination of --inplace and --sparse since the sparse-output - algorithm doesn't work when overwriting existing data. + - Fixed a problem with the --out-format (aka --log-format) option: it + would output superfluous directory information for a non-daemon rsync. - - Fixed the directory name in the error that is output when pop_dir() - fails. + - Fixed a problem with -vv (double --verbose) and --stats when "pushing" + files (which includes local copies). Version 2.6.9 would complete the + copy, but exit with an error when the receiver output its memory stats. - - Really fixed the parsing of a "!" entry in .cvsignore files this time. + - If --password-file is used on a non-daemon transfer, rsync now complains + and exits. This should help users figure out that they can't use this + option to control a remote shell's password prompt. - - If the generator gets a stat() error on a file, output it (this used to - require at least -vv for the error to be seen). - - - If waitpid() fails or the child rsync didn't exit cleanly, we now handle - the exit status properly and generate a better error. + - Make sure that directory permissions of a newly-created destination + directory are handled right when --perms is left off. ENHANCEMENTS: - - Added the --append option that makes rsync append data onto files - that are longer on the source than the destination (this includes new - files). - - - Added the --min-size=SIZE option. - - - Enhanced the parsing of the SIZE value for --min-size and --max-size. - - - If lutimes() and/or lchmod() are around, use them to allow the - preservation of attributes on symlinks. + - A new incremental-recursion algorithm is now used when rsync is talking + to another 3.0.0 version. This starts the transfer going more quickly + (before all the files have been found), and requires much less memory. + See the --recursive option in the manpage for some restrictions. + + - The default --delete algorithm is now --delete-during when talking to a + 3.x rsync. This is a faster scan than using --delete-before (which is + the default when talking to older rsync versions), and is compatible with + the new incremental recursion mode. + + - Added the --delete-delay option, which is a more efficient way to delete + files at the end of the transfer without needing a separate delete pass. + + - Added the --acls (-A) option to preserve Access Control Lists. This is + an improved version of the prior patch that was available. (If you need + to have backward compatibility with old, patched versions, the new + acls.diff patch that will add that.) + + - Added the --xattrs (-X) option to preserver extended attributes. This is + an improved version of the prior patch that was available. (If you need + to have backward compatibility with old, patched versions, the new + xattrs.diff patch that will add that.) + + - Added the --fake-super option that allows a non-super user to preserve + all attributes of a file by using a special extended-attribute idiom. + There is also an analogous "fake super" option for an rsync daemon. + + - Added the --iconv option, which allows rsync to convert filenames from + one character-set to another during the transfer. The default is to make + this feature available as long as your system has iconv_open(). If + compilation fails, specify --disable-iconv to configure and rebuild. If + you want rsync to perform character-set conversions by default, you can + specify --enable-iconv=CONVERT_STRING with the default value for the + --iconv option that you wish to use. For example, --enable-iconv=. is a + good choice. See the rsync man page for an explanation of the --iconv + option's settings. + + - You may specify --max-delete=0 to a 3.0.0 client as long as the receiving + side is at least version 3.0.0. This means that you can pull from an + older rsync with this option, but pushing to an older rsync will generate + an error. *Be sure to never specify a 0 value to an older rsync client, + or it will be silently ignored.* + + - The --hard-link option now uses less memory on both the sending and + receiving side for all protocol versions. For protocol 30, the use of a + hashtable on the sending side allows us to more efficiently convey to the + receiver what files are linked together. This reduces the amount of data + sent over the socket by a considerable margin (rather than adding more + data), and limits the in-memory storage of the device+inode information + to just the sending side for the new protocol 30, or to the receiving + side when speaking an older protocol (note that older rsync versions kept + the device+inode information on both sides). - - Added two config items to the rsyncd.conf parsing: "pre-xfer exec" - and "post-xfer exec". These allow a command to be specified on a - per-module basis that will be run before and/or after a daemon-mode - transfer. - - - When using the --relative option, you can now insert a dot dir in - the source path to indicate where the replication of the source dirs - should start. For example, if you specify a source path of - rsync://host/module/foo/bar/./baz/dir with -R, rsync would only - replicate the "baz/dir" part of the source path (note: a trailing - dot dir is unaffected unless it also has a trailing slash). + INTERNAL: - - Added some new --no-FOO options that make it easier to override - unwanted implied or default options. For example, "-a --no-o" (aka - "--archive --no-owner") can be used to turn off the preservation of - file ownership that is implied by -a. + - Rsync now supports the transfer of 64-bit timestamps (time_t values). - - Allow the --temp-dir option to be specified when starting a daemon, - which sets the default temporary directory for incoming files. + - Fixed a build problem with older (2.x) versions of gcc. - - If --delete is combined with --dirs without --recursive, rsync will - now delete in any directory whose content is being synchronized. + - Added some isType() functions that make dealing with signed characters + easier without forcing variables via casts. - - Some minor documentation improvements. + - Upgraded the included popt version to 1.10.2 and improved its use of + string-handling functions. - - Updated some diffs in the patches dir. + - Added missing prototypes for compatibility functions from the lib dir. - INTERNAL: + - Configure determines if iconv() has a const arg, allowing us to avoid a + compiler warning. - - Some buffer sizes were expanded a bit, particularly on systems where - MAXPATHLEN is overly small (e.g. cygwin). + - Made the sending of some numbers more efficient for protocol 30. - - If io_printf() tries to format more data than fits in the buffer, exit - with an error instead of transmitting a truncated buffer. + - Make sure that a daemon process doesn't mind if the client was weird and + omitted the --server option. - - If a va_copy macro is defined, lib/snprintf.c will use it when defining - the VA_COPY macro. + - Improved the use of "const" on pointers. DEVELOPER RELATED: - - Several diffs in the patches dir now use the proper --enable-FOO - configure option instead of --with-FOO to turn on the inclusion of - the newly patched feature. - + - Rsync now has a way of handling protocol-version changes during the + development of a new protocol version. This exchange of sub-version + info does not interfere with the {MIN,MAX}_PROTOCOL_VERSION checking + in older versions (which would be the case if every minor change made + to the protocol in CVS incremented the main PROTOCOL_VERSION value).