X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/e7f905accbdb86be951aca9412f11f76c140b6bb..9e7acc86c3a777f65b32d495b7e37e86882f93c8:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 765a9e20..6703aa68 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,115 +1,31 @@ -NEWS for rsync 3.0.0 (UNRELEASED) -Protocol: 30 (changed) -Changes since 2.6.9: +NEWS for rsync 3.1.0 (UNRELEASED) +Protocol: 31 (changed) +Changes since 3.0.4: BUG FIXES: - - Fixed the output of -ii when combined with one of the --*-dest options: - it now itemizes all the items, not just the changed ones. - - - 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. - - - 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. - - - A negated filter rule now sends the negation option when sending the - filter rules. - - - Fixed a problem with the --out-format (aka --log-format) option: it - would output superfluous directory information for a non-daemon rsync. - - - 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. - - - 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. - - - Make sure that directory permissions of a newly-created destination - directory are handled right when --perms is left off. + - Changed the way --progress overwrites its prior output in order to make + it nearly impossible for the progress to get overwritten by an error. ENHANCEMENTS: - - 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 --remote-option=OPT (-M OPT) command-line option that is useful + for things like sending a remote --log-file=FILE or --fake-super option. - - Added the --iconv option, which allows rsync to convert filenames from - one character-set to another during the transfer. (If your system does - not support iconv, you must currently manually disable this by using - the --enable-iconv configure option.) + - Added the --info=FLAGS and --debug=FLAGS options to allow finer-grained + control over what is output. Added an extra type of --progress output + using --info=progress2. - - 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.* + - Added the "%C" escape to the log-output handling, which will output the + MD5 checksum of any transferred file, or all files if --checksum was + specified (when protocol 30 or above is in effect). - - 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). - - INTERNAL: - - - Rsync now supports the transfer of 64-bit timestamps (time_t values). - - - Fixed a build problem with older (2.x) versions of gcc. - - - Added some isType() functions that make dealing with signed characters - easier without forcing variables via casts. - - - Upgraded the included popt version to 1.10.2 and improved its use of - string-handling functions. - - - Added missing prototypes for compatibility functions from the lib dir. - - - Configure determines if iconv() has a const arg, allowing us to avoid a - compiler warning. - - - Made the sending of some numbers more efficient for protocol 30. - - - Make sure that a daemon process doesn't mind if the client was weird and - omitted the --server option. + DEVELOPER RELATED: - - Improved the use of "const" on pointers. + - Added more conditional debug output. - DEVELOPER RELATED: + - Really big numbers are now output using our own big-num routine rather + than casting them to a double and using a %.0f conversion. - - 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). + - The pool_alloc library has received some minor improvements in alignment + handling.