rsync - Mar 2002 - rsync release candidate rsync-2.5.5rc1 available

The rsync team is happy to announce the availability of a 2.5.5
release candidate.  If no serious bugs are reported against this
version it will become release 2.5.5 at the end of this week.

If you use rsync, please test this release candidate so that the final
release of 2.5.5 can be reliable.  In particular, we would appreciate
test results from people running Solaris or BSD, and from anybody who
has reported rsync bugs in the last week.

Thank you to everyone who contributed information or patches.

You can download this from 

  http://samba.org/ftp/rsync/


rsync release candidate 2.5.5rc1 (26 March 2002)

  ENHANCEMENTS:

    * With --progress, when a transfer is complete show the time taken;
      otherwise show expected time to complete. (Cameron Simpson)

    * Make "make install-strip" works properly, and "make
install"
      accepts a DESTDIR variable for help in building binary packages.
      (Peter Breitenlohner, Greg Louis)


  BUG FIXES:

    * Fix situation where failure to fork (e.g. because out of process
      slots) would cause rsync to kill all processes owned by the
      current user.  Yes, really!  (Paul Haas, Martin Pool)

    * Fix test suite on Solaris.  (Jos Backus)

    * Fix minor memory leak in socket code.  (Dave Dykstra, Martin
      Pool.)

    * Fix --whole-file problem that caused it to be the default even
      for remote connections.  (Martin Pool, Frank Schulz)

    * Work around bug in Mac OS X mkdir(2), which cannot handle
      trailing slashes.
      <http://www.opensource.apple.com/bugs/X/BSD%20Kernel/2734739.html>
      (Martin Pool)


-- 
Martin

Hi Martin,
An avid rsync fan here...
I've been using rsync between 2 Solaris 8 x86 boxes for over a year now with
excellent results.
I updated box#1 from 2.4.6 to this 2.5.5rc1 and box#2 still running 2.4.6
still worked great.
I just updated box #2 to 2.5.5rc1 as well, and it still works great.
Using gcc 2.95 to compile on both ends.
Thought you'd appreciate this info...
Best,
--Jeff
__________________________________
Jeff Sumey, A. Prof.
Dept. of Applied Engineering & Technology
California University of PA.
www.aet.cup.edu/~jsumey


----- Original Message -----
From: <rsync-announce-admin@lists.samba.org>
To: <rsync-announce@samba.org>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 7:24 PM
Subject: [rsync-announce] rsync release candidate rsync-2.5.5rc1 available

> The rsync team is happy to announce the availability of a 2.5.5
> release candidate.  If no serious bugs are reported against this
> version it will become release 2.5.5 at the end of this week.
>
> If you use rsync, please test this release candidate so that the final
> release of 2.5.5 can be reliable.  In particular, we would appreciate
> test results from people running Solaris or BSD, and from anybody who
> has reported rsync bugs in the last week.
>
> Thank you to everyone who contributed information or patches.
>
> You can download this from
>
>   http://samba.org/ftp/rsync/
>
>
> rsync release candidate 2.5.5rc1 (26 March 2002)
>
>   ENHANCEMENTS:
>
>     * With --progress, when a transfer is complete show the time taken;
>       otherwise show expected time to complete. (Cameron Simpson)
>
>     * Make "make install-strip" works properly, and "make
install"
>       accepts a DESTDIR variable for help in building binary packages.
>       (Peter Breitenlohner, Greg Louis)
>
>
>   BUG FIXES:
>
>     * Fix situation where failure to fork (e.g. because out of process
>       slots) would cause rsync to kill all processes owned by the
>       current user.  Yes, really!  (Paul Haas, Martin Pool)
>
>     * Fix test suite on Solaris.  (Jos Backus)
>
>     * Fix minor memory leak in socket code.  (Dave Dykstra, Martin
>       Pool.)
>
>     * Fix --whole-file problem that caused it to be the default even
>       for remote connections.  (Martin Pool, Frank Schulz)
>
>     * Work around bug in Mac OS X mkdir(2), which cannot handle
>       trailing slashes.
>      
<http://www.opensource.apple.com/bugs/X/BSD%20Kernel/2734739.html>
>       (Martin Pool)
>
>
> --
> Martin
>
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