**</b>
-<h3>Rsync 2.6.4pre1 released</h3>
+<h3>Rsync 2.6.4pre2 released</h3>
-<p><i style="color:#777777">February 22nd, 2005</i>
+<p><i style="color:#777777">February 28nd, 2005</i>
-<p>Rsync version 2.6.4pre1 has been released. This release combines several
+<p>Rsync version 2.6.4pre2 has been released. This release combines several
new features with some improved delete efficiency and the usual array of
bug fixes. Please try it out and send feedback to the mailing list!
-<p>See the <a href="/ftp/rsync/preview/rsync-2.6.4pre1-NEWS">release NEWS</a> for the
+<p>See the <a href="/ftp/rsync/preview/rsync-2.6.4pre2-NEWS">release NEWS</a> for the
details of what changed since 2.6.3.
-<p>Try build it from source, snag one of these:
-<b><a href="/ftp/rsync/preview/rsync-2.6.4pre1.tar.gz">rsync-2.6.4pre1.tar.gz</a>
-(<a href="/ftp/rsync/preview/rsync-2.6.4pre1.tar.gz.asc">signature</a>),
-<a href="/ftp/rsync/preview/rsync-2.6.3-2.6.4pre1.diffs.gz">rsync-2.6.3-2.6.4pre1.diffs.gz</a>
-(<a href="/ftp/rsync/preview/rsync-2.6.3-2.6.4pre1.diffs.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>.
+<p>The changes since 2.6.4pre1 are as follows:
+
+<ul>
+
+<li>Added a keep-alive packet that the generator can send to the sender when a
+--timeout is in effect and no output is ready to go over the socket (e.g.
+deletions are happening or we're still searching for a changed file).
+
+<li>Added support for a literal IPv6 address enclosed in '[' and ']' to the
+HOST:PATH and HOST::PATH arg formats (the rsync://HOST:PORT/PATH format was
+already covered).
+
+<li>Fixed a bug in the sending of an include to an older version of rsync.
+
+<li>Fixed a bug where a file getting resent in the same transfer with --backup
+and --inplace enabled would get backed up twice.
+
+<li>Some other minor changes and documentation improvements.
+
+</ul>
+
+<p>To build it from source, snag one of these:
+<b><a href="/ftp/rsync/preview/rsync-2.6.4pre2.tar.gz">rsync-2.6.4pre2.tar.gz</a>
+(<a href="/ftp/rsync/preview/rsync-2.6.4pre2.tar.gz.asc">signature</a>),
+<a href="/ftp/rsync/preview/rsync-2.6.4pre1-2.6.4pre2.diffs.gz">rsync-2.6.4pre1-2.6.4pre2.diffs.gz</a>
+(<a href="/ftp/rsync/preview/rsync-2.6.4pre1-2.6.4pre2.diffs.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>.
+<a href="/ftp/rsync/preview/old-patches/rsync-2.6.3-2.6.4pre1.diffs.gz">rsync-2.6.3-2.6.4pre1.diffs.gz</a>
+(<a href="/ftp/rsync/preview/old-patches/rsync-2.6.3-2.6.4pre1.diffs.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>.
Note that the diffs do not contain updates for the "patches" dir -- grab the tar
file if you want the full release.