X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/f8a94f0de88c5cbf24ef4d5a7d5cba1ead86afff..bad01106093319e7ccc47cca6cad5cc8dba94b0b:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 34e424ff..8b423d4b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,46 +1,94 @@ -rsync changes since last release +NEWS for rsync 2.6.7 (UNRELEASED) +Protocol: 29 (unchanged) +Changes since 2.6.6: + + BUG FIXES: + + - Made hard-links work with symlinks and devices again. + + - If a device-file/special-file changes permissions, rsync now updates the + permissions without recreating the file. + + - 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. + + - 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. + + - Reject the combination of --inplace and --sparse since the sparse-output + algorithm doesn't work when overwriting existing data. + + - Fixed the directory name in the error that is output when pop_dir() + fails. + + - Really fixed the parsing of a "!" entry in .cvsignore files this time. + + - 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. ENHANCEMENTS: - * The --delete-after option now implies --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). - * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael - Zimmerman) + - Added the --min-size=SIZE option to exclude small files from the + transfer. - * 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) + - Added the --compress-level option to allow you to set how aggressive + rsync's compression should be (the option implies --compress). - * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the - destination field. + - Enhanced the parsing of the SIZE value for --min-size and --max-size. - * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-", - rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz) + - If lutimes() and/or lchmod() are around, use them to allow the + preservation of attributes on symlinks. - BUG FIXES: - - * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John - L. Allen, Martin Pool) + - 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). - * 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) + - 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. - * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham) + - Allow the --temp-dir option to be specified when starting a daemon, + which sets the default temporary directory for incoming files. - * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool) + - If --delete is combined with --dirs without --recursive, rsync will + now delete in any directory whose content is being synchronized. - * 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) + - Some minor documentation improvements. + + - Updated some diffs in the patches dir. INTERNAL: - * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin - Pool, Nelson Beebe) + - Some buffer sizes were expanded a bit, particularly on systems where + MAXPATHLEN is overly small (e.g. cygwin). + + - If io_printf() tries to format more data than fits in the buffer, exit + with an error instead of transmitting a truncated buffer. + + - If a va_copy macro is defined, lib/snprintf.c will use it when defining + the VA_COPY macro. + + DEVELOPER RELATED: - * More test cases. (Martin Pool) + - 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. - * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4. - (Jos Backus)