From 348d54d6d18e7a83b91735d063daac7856519e4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:27:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention the latest changes that have been made. --- NEWS | 20 +++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 531e6f5a..eae08d90 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ Changes since 2.6.9: delete files at the end of the transfer without needing a separate delete pass. + - Added the --acls (-A) option to preserve Access Control Lists. This is + an improved version of the prior patch that was available. (If you need + to have backward compatibility with old, patched versions, the new + acls.diff patch that will add that.) + + - Added the --xattrs (-X) option to preserver extended attributes. This is + an improved version of the prior patch that was available. (If you need + to have backward compatibility with old, patched versions, the new + xattrs.diff patch that will add that.) + - You may specify --max-delete=0 to a 3.0.0 client as long as the receiving side is at least version 3.0.0. This means that you can pull from an older rsync with this option, but pushing to an @@ -67,6 +77,10 @@ Changes since 2.6.9: INTERNAL: + - Rsync now supports the transfer of 64-bit timestamps (time_t values). + + - Fixed a build problem with older (2.x) versions of gcc. + - Added some isType() functions that make dealing with signed characters easier without forcing variables via casts. @@ -87,4 +101,8 @@ Changes since 2.6.9: DEVELOPER RELATED: - - ... + - Rsync now has a way of handling protocol-version changes during the + development of a new protocol version. This exchange of sub-version + info does not interfere with the {MIN,MAX}_PROTOCOL_VERSION checking + in older versions (which would be the case if every minor change made + to the protocol in CVS incremented the main PROTOCOL_VERSION value). -- 2.34.1