X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/fbe2aba2e7c0e9836f57617e259d354cf956c56a..4ce838e1f107239f1b18f3f8cd7c7fbab65e0bd5:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e5372b6f..41432998 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -29,8 +29,15 @@ Changes since 2.6.3: - The "ignore nonreadable" daemon parameter no longer affects symlinks that are being copied, even if they point nowhere. - - If the OS does not have lchown(), we no longer try to set the user - & group of a symlink (which would either fail or set the referent). + - If the OS does not have lchown() and its chown() tries to set the + referent of a symlink (as it should), we no longer try to set the + user and group of a symlink. + + - The generator now properly runs the hard-link loop and the dir-time + rewriting loop after we're sure that the redo phase is complete. + + - When --backup was specified with --partial-dir=DIR, don't try to + backup a file in DIR when DIR is relative. ENHANCEMENTS: @@ -62,6 +69,11 @@ Changes since 2.6.3: file, we now flush any data in the write-cache before closing the partial file. + - Added support/atomic-rsync -- a perl script that will transfer some + files using rsync, and then move the updated files into place all at + once at the end of the transfer. Only works when pulling, and uses + --link-dest. + BUILD CHANGES: - Handle an operating system that use mkdev() in place of makedev().