From: Wayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:07:02 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention lchown() fix.
X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/fbe2aba2e7c0e9836f57617e259d354cf956c56a

Mention lchown() fix.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4d9a5e55..e5372b6f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ 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).
+
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
     - Rsync now supports popt's option aliases, which means that you can