From 8b7f20b6d35ee7458665c33114919567f5793503 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:20:29 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Mention latest changes. --- NEWS | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2d571245..17429d48 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Changes since 3.0.7: being too big and skip it. - For devices and special files, we now avoid gathering useless ACL and/or - xattr information for files that aren't being copied. (The uncopied + xattr information for files that aren't being copied. (The un-copied files are still put into the file list, but there's no need to gather data that is not going to be used.) This ensures that if the user uses --no-D, that rsync can't possibly complain about being unable to gather @@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ Changes since 3.0.7: - If the destination arg is an empty string, it will be treated as a reference to the current directory (as 2.x used to do). + - If rsync was compiled with a newer time-setting function (such as + lutimes), rsync will fall-back to an older function (such as utimes) on a + system where the newer function is not around. This helps to make the + rsync binary more portable in mixed-OS-release situations. + - Fixed a batch-file writing bug that would not write out the full set of compatibility flags that the transfer was using. This fixes a potential protocol problem for a batch file that contains a sender-side I/O error: @@ -57,6 +62,8 @@ Changes since 3.0.7: - If we fail to connect to an rsync daemon, report all the connection errors (e.g. IPv4 & IPv6), not just the last one. + - Improved ACL mask handling, e.g. for Solaris. + - Fixed an issue where an xattr and/or ACL transfer that used an alt-dest option (e.g. --link-dest) could output an error trying to itemize the changes against the alt-dest directory's xattr/ACL info but was instead @@ -65,6 +72,9 @@ Changes since 3.0.7: - Improved xattr system-error messages to mention the full path to the file. + - The --link-dest checking for identical symlinks now avoids considering + attribute differences that cannot be changed on the receiver. + - Avoid trying to read/write xattrs on certain file types for certain OSes. Improved configure to set NO_SYMLINK_XATTRS, NO_DEVICE_XATTRS, and/or NO_SPECIAL_XATTRS defines in config.h. @@ -76,6 +86,9 @@ Changes since 3.0.7: - Fixed a bug with --fake-super when copying files and dirs that aren't user writable. + - Fixed a bug where a sparse file could have its last sparse block turned + into a real block when rsync sets the file size (requires ftruncate). + - If a temp-file name is too long, rsync now avoids truncating the name in the middle of adjacent high-bit characters. This prevents a potential filename error if the filesystem doesn't allow a name to contain an -- 2.47.3