X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/fc1ae6582fa5e199cc9c50dc2297297c1893955c..195bd906a2bacbce7455405180bfecf60819a60d:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 4a9406ce..ec1966d7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7 -Protocol: 26 (unchanged) +Protocol: 27 (changed) Changes since version 2.5.6: ENHANCEMENTS: @@ -8,9 +8,31 @@ Changes since version 2.5.6: Note that --from0 affects the line-ending character for all the --*-from options. (Wayne Davison) + - Length of csum2 is now per-file starting with protocol verison + 27. (J.W. Schultz) + + - Per-file dynamic block size is now sqrt(file length). + + The per-file checksum size is determined according + to an algorythm provided by Donovan Baarda which + reduces the probability of rsync algorithm + corrupting data and falling back using the whole md4 + checksums. (J.W. Schultz, Donovan Baarda) + BUG FIXES: - - Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versions and + - for protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the + block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64. + Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum. + (Craig Barratt) + + - for protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in + mdfour.c as required by the RFC. Previously only a 32 bit bit + counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for + file sizes >= 512MB - 4. (Craig Barratt) + + + - Fixed a crash bug when interacting with Craiolder rsync versioss and multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir. (Wayne Davison)