From: Wayne Davison Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:58:12 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Made the device-changes section agree with the latest code. X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/d008bcb5cd794799e11354c0529f27bee4223ec0 Made the device-changes section agree with the latest code. --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 661d58b3..2f1df1c1 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -160,14 +160,13 @@ Changes since 2.6.0: * Improved the internal uid/gid code to be more portable and a little more optimized. - * Device numbers are now sent as separate major/minor values - with 32-bit accuracy for each one (protocol 28). Previously - hard-link device data was sent as a single 64-bit number, and - copied devices were sent as a single 32-bit number. This will - make inter-operation of 64-bit binaries more compatible with - their 32-bit brethren. Note that optimizations in the binary - protocol often sends the device data using fewer bytes than - before, even though more precision is now available. + * The device numbers sent when using --devices are now sent as + separate major/minor values with 32-bit accuracy (protocol 28). + Previously, the copied devices were sent as a single 32-bit + number. This will make inter-operation of 64-bit binaries more + compatible with their 32-bit brethren. Note that optimizations + in the binary protocol often sends the device data using fewer + bytes than before, even though more precision is now available. * Some cleanup of the exclude/include structures and its code made things clearer, simpler, and more efficient.