From 40564811ee6c9c67bb3a0852ff2f031ed6d879c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 20:37:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mentioned the latest socket change and fixed a few typos. --- NEWS | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 16846a64..8d3ea67f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -53,10 +53,17 @@ Changes since 2.6.2: - Fixed a bug in the daemon authentication code when using one of the batch-processing options. + - We try to work around some buggy IPv6 implementations that fail to + implement IPV6_V6ONLY. This should fix the "address in use" error + that some daemons get when running on an OS with a buggy IPv6 + implementation. Also, if the new code gets this error, we might + suggest that the user specify --ipv4 or --ipv6 (if we think it will + help). + ENHANCEMENTS: - Added --keep-dirlinks (-K), which allows you to symlink a directory - onto another patition on the receiving side and have rsync treat it + onto another partition on the receiving side and have rsync treat it as matching a normal directory from the sender. - Added the "write only" option to the daemon's config file. @@ -64,10 +71,6 @@ Changes since 2.6.2: - Added long-option names for -4 and -6 (namely --ipv4 and --ipv6) and documented all these options in the man page. - - If the daemon get an address-in-use error starting up, we sometimes - suggest that the user specify --ipv4 or --ipv6 to work around their - buggy socket implementation. - - Improved the handling of the --bwlimit option so that it's less bursty, more accurate, and works properly over a larger range of values. @@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ Changes since 2.6.2: - If an rsync daemon is listening on multiple sockets (to handle both IPv4 and IPv6 to a single port), we now close all the unneeded file - handles after we accept a connecton (we used to close just one of + handles after we accept a connection (we used to close just one of them). BUILD CHANGES: @@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ Changes since 2.6.2: including configure, config.h.in, the man pages, and proto.h. - If "make proto" doesn't find some changes in the prototypes, the - proto.h file is left untouched (its timestamp used to always be + proto.h file is left untouched (its time-stamp used to always be updated). - The variable $STRIP (that is optionally set by the install-strip -- 2.34.1