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-rsync changes since last release
+NEWS for rsync 2.6.7 (UNRELEASED)
+Protocol: 29 (unchanged)
+Changes since 2.6.6:
 
-  ENHANCEMENTS:
+  BUG FIXES:
 
-    * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
+    - Made hard-links work with symlinks and devices again.
 
-    * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
-      Zimmerman)
+    - If a device-file/special-file changes permissions, rsync now updates the
+      permissions without recreating the file.
 
-    * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
-      specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
-      server-daemon.  This allows someone to use daemon features, such
-      as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
+    - 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 rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
-      destination field.
+    - 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.
 
-    * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
-      rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
+    - Reject the combination of --inplace and --sparse since the sparse-output
+      algorithm doesn't work when overwriting existing data.
 
-  BUG FIXES:
-  
-    * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3.  (John
-      L. Allen, Martin Pool)
+    - Fixed the directory name in the error that is output when pop_dir()
+      fails.
 
-    * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
-      in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand.  This prevents
-      timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
+    - Really fixed the parsing of a "!" entry in .cvsignore files this time.
 
-    * Fix compilation on Tru64.  (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
+    - 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.
 
-    * Better handling of some client-server errors.  (Martin Pool)
+  ENHANCEMENTS:
 
-    * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
-      contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
-      list) and using --delete.  (Wayne Davison)
+    - Added the --append option that makes rsync append data onto files
+      that are longer on the source than the destination (this includes new
+      files).
 
-  INTERNAL:
+    - If lutimes() and/or lchmod() are around, use them to allow the
+      preservation of attributes on symlinks.
+
+    - 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. 
 
-    * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation.  (Martin 
-      Pool, Nelson Beebe)
+    - 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).
+
+    - 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.
+
+    - Allow the --temp-dir option to be specified when starting a daemon,
+      which sets the default temporary directory for incoming files.
+
+    - Some minor documentation improvements.
+
+    - Updated some diffs in the patches dir.
+
+  INTERNAL:
 
-    * More test cases.  (Martin Pool)
+    - Some buffer sizes were expanded a bit, particularly on systems where
+      MAXPATHLEN is overly small (e.g. cygwin).
 
-    * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
-      (Jos Backus)
+    - If io_printf() tries to format more data than fits in the buffer, exit
+      with an error instead of transmitting a truncated buffer.