[rsync-announce] Rsync 3.0.4pre1 released

[michael at insulin-pumpers.org]

Question for you. I just had to revise a bunch of scripts that use 
rsync on a system I maintain the uses 2.6.8

Discovered that the -n option had been changed to not work unless -v 
is added. This of course adds text to the output so that instead of a 
nice clean list of files that would be slated for transfer, one gets 
gobbledy gook + files + more gobbledygook. 

Has this been repaired in later versions. Our scripts parse the 
output of -n and rename files that are updated on the remote host so 
there is a continuous history of all updated files. 

Michael  (unhappy rsync sysadm)


> Rsync version 3.0.4pre1 is now available for release testing.  This is
> a bug-fix release with the only enhancement being the adding of a way
> to interact with an overly-restrictive server that refuses rsync's
> behind-the-scenes use of the -e option.
> 
> Please test this new release and send email to the rsync mailing list
> with any questions, comments, or bug reports.
> 
> To see a full summary of the changes since 3.0.3, visit this link:
> 
>   http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src-previews/rsync-3.0.4pre1-NEWS
> 
> You can download the source tar file and its signature from here:
> 
>   http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src-previews/rsync-3.0.4pre1.tar.gz
>   http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src-previews/rsync-3.0.4pre1.tar.gz
>   .asc
> 
> The patches directory is now in a separate tar file (for those that
> want one or more of the patches):
> 
>   http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src-previews/rsync-patches-3.0.4pre
>   1.tar.gz
>   http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src-previews/rsync-patches-3.0.4pre
>   1.tar.gz.asc
> 
> See the rsync website for other download methods, including diffs,
> etc.:
> 
>   http://rsync.samba.org/
> 
> ..wayne..
>