From f90f71498e85aa0a3ce6f49609bcd70d0ff717c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:49:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated to reflect new 2.6.7cvs status. --- NEWS | 64 ++++--------------------------------------------------- OLDNEWS | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b75c05e0..b4398309 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,40 +1,9 @@ -NEWS for rsync 2.6.6 (UNRELEASED) +NEWS for rsync 2.6.7 (UNRELEASED) Protocol: 29 (unchanged) -Changes since 2.6.5: - - SECURITY FIXES: - - - The zlib code was upgraded to version 1.2.3 in order to make it more - secure. While the widely-publicized security problem in zlib 1.2.2 did - not affect rsync, another security problem surfaced that affects rsync's - zlib 1.1.4. +Changes since 2.6.6: BUG FIXES: - - The setting of flist->high in clean_flist() was wrong for an empty list. - This could cause flist_find() to crash in certain rare circumstances - (e.g. if just the right directory setup was around when --fuzzy was - combined with --link-dest). - - - The outputting of hard-linked files when verbosity was > 1 was not right: - without -i it would output the name of each hard-linked file as though - it had been changed (it now outputs a "is hard linked" message for the - file); with -i it would output all dots for the unchanged attributes of - a hard-link (it now changes those dots to spaces, as is done for other - totally unchanged items). - - - When backing up a changed symlink or device, get rid of any old backup - item so that we don't get an "already exists" error. - - - A couple places that were comparing a local and a remote modification- - time were not honoring the --modify-window option. - - - Fixed a really old, minor bug that could cause rsync to warn about being - unable to mkdir() a path that ends in "/." because it just created the - directory (required --relative, --no-implied-dirs, a source path that - ended in either a trailing slash or a trailing "/.", and a non-existing - destination dir to tickle the bug in a recent version). - - If the user specifies a remote-host for both the source and destination, we now output a syntax error rather than trying to open the destination hostspec as a filename. @@ -45,35 +14,10 @@ Changes since 2.6.5: that are longer on the source than the destination (this includes new files). - - The configure script now checks for lutimes() and lchmod() so that - rsync can make use of them to update attributes of symlinks (on - systems that support this). - - - Made the "max verbosity" setting in the rsyncd.conf file settable on a - per-module basis (which now matches the documentation). + - If lutimes() and/or lchmod() are around, use them to allow the + preservation of attributes on symlinks. - Added two config items to the rsyncd.conf parsing: "pre-xfer exec" and "post-xfer exec". These allow a command to be specified on a per-module basis that will be run before and/or after a daemon-mode transfer. - - - The support/rrsync script has been upgraded to verify the args of options - that take args (instead of rejecting any such options). The script was - also changed to try to be more secure and to fix a problem in the parsing - of a pull operation that has multiple sources. - - - Improved the documentation that explains the difference between a - normal daemon transfer and a daemon-over remote-shell transfer. - - - Some of the diffs supplied in the patches dir were fixed and/or - improved. - - BUILD CHANGES: - - - Made configure define NOBODY_USER (currently hard-wired to "nobody") and - NOBODY_GROUP (set to either "nobody" or "nogroup" depending on what we - find in the /etc/group file). - - - Added a test to the test suite, itemized.test, that tests the output of - -i (log-format w/%i) and some double-verbose messages. - diff --git a/OLDNEWS b/OLDNEWS index 803b20d8..e8111403 100644 --- a/OLDNEWS +++ b/OLDNEWS @@ -1,3 +1,69 @@ +NEWS for rsync 2.6.6 (28 Jul 2005) +Protocol: 29 (unchanged) +Changes since 2.6.5: + + SECURITY FIXES: + + - The zlib code was upgraded to version 1.2.3 in order to make it more + secure. While the widely-publicized security problem in zlib 1.2.2 did + not affect rsync, another security problem surfaced that affects rsync's + zlib 1.1.4. + + BUG FIXES: + + - The setting of flist->high in clean_flist() was wrong for an empty list. + This could cause flist_find() to crash in certain rare circumstances + (e.g. if just the right directory setup was around when --fuzzy was + combined with --link-dest). + + - The outputting of hard-linked files when verbosity was > 1 was not right: + without -i it would output the name of each hard-linked file as though + it had been changed (it now outputs a "is hard linked" message for the + file); with -i it would output all dots for the unchanged attributes of + a hard-link (it now changes those dots to spaces, as is done for other + totally unchanged items). + + - When backing up a changed symlink or device, get rid of any old backup + item so that we don't get an "already exists" error. + + - A couple places that were comparing a local and a remote modification- + time were not honoring the --modify-window option. + + - Fixed a bug where the 'p' (permissions) itemized-changes flag might get + set too often (if some non-significant mode bits differed). + + - Fixed a really old, minor bug that could cause rsync to warn about being + unable to mkdir() a path that ends in "/." because it just created the + directory (required --relative, --no-implied-dirs, a source path that + ended in either a trailing slash or a trailing "/.", and a non-existing + destination dir to tickle the bug in a recent version). + + ENHANCEMENTS: + + - Made the "max verbosity" setting in the rsyncd.conf file settable on a + per-module basis (which now matches the documentation). + + - The support/rrsync script has been upgraded to verify the args of options + that take args (instead of rejecting any such options). The script was + also changed to try to be more secure and to fix a problem in the parsing + of a pull operation that has multiple sources. + + - Improved the documentation that explains the difference between a + normal daemon transfer and a daemon-over remote-shell transfer. + + - Some of the diffs supplied in the patches dir were fixed and/or + improved. + + BUILD CHANGES: + + - Made configure define NOBODY_USER (currently hard-wired to "nobody") and + NOBODY_GROUP (set to either "nobody" or "nogroup" depending on what we + find in the /etc/group file). + + - Added a test to the test suite, itemized.test, that tests the output of + -i (log-format w/%i) and some double-verbose messages. + + NEWS for rsync 2.6.5 (1 Jun 2005) Protocol: 29 (unchanged) Changes since 2.6.4: -- 2.34.1