1 NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7
3 Changes since version 2.5.6:
7 * Added --files-from, --no-relative, --no-implied-dirs, and --from0.
8 Note that --from0 affects the line-ending character for all the
9 --*-from options. (Wayne Davison)
11 * Length of csum2 is now per-file starting with protocol verison
14 * Per-file dynamic block size is now sqrt(file length).
15 The per-file checksum size is determined according
16 to an algorythm provided by Donovan Baarda which
17 reduces the probability of rsync algorithm
18 corrupting data and falling back using the whole md4
19 checksums. (J.W. Schultz, Donovan Baarda)
21 * The --stats option no longer includes the (debug) malloc summary
22 unless the verbose option was specified at least twice.
26 * For protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the
27 block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64.
28 Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum.
31 * For protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in
32 mdfour.c as required by the RFC. Previously only a 32 bit bit
33 counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for
34 file sizes >= 512MB - 4. (Craig Barratt)
36 * Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versions and
37 multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir.
40 * Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN.
42 * Make --link-dest honor the absence of -p, -o, and -g.
44 * Made rsync treat a trailing slash in the destination in a more
47 * Fixed some exclude/include matching bugs when using wild-cards.
48 For instance, "**/foo" now matches at the root, "CVS/R*" now
49 matches beyond the root, and "foo**bar" is matched against the
50 path, not just the trailing name. (Wayne Davison)
55 * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
56 supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
58 * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
61 NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
62 Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
63 Changes since version 2.5.5:
67 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
69 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
72 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
73 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
74 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
75 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
77 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
80 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
81 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
83 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
84 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
87 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
88 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
90 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
93 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
94 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
96 * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
97 terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
99 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
104 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
105 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
107 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
108 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
109 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
111 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
113 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
115 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
116 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
117 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
119 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
120 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
122 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
123 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
124 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
126 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
127 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
129 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
130 (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
132 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
133 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
135 * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
139 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
142 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
144 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
146 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
148 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
151 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
152 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)