1 rsync changes since last release
5 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
7 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
10 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
11 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
12 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
13 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
15 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
18 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
19 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
21 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
22 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
25 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
26 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
28 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
31 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
32 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
34 * Set the default value of --modify-window to 2 on Cygwin. (Lapo
37 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
42 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
43 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
45 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
46 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
47 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
49 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
51 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
53 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
54 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
55 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
57 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
58 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
60 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
61 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
62 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
64 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
65 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
67 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
70 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
71 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
75 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
78 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
80 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
82 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
84 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
87 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
88 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)