Going to upgrad rsync V2.6.7 to V3.0.5

[Jignesh Shah]

Big Thanks Wayne for your valuable information.

-Jignesh

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 12:09 AM, Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org> wrote:

> On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 04:50:40PM +0530, Jignesh Shah wrote:
> > I am wondering if we upgrade rsync 3.0.5 then will it cause any
> > unexpected behaviour then rsync 2.6.7?
>
> Probably not, but not knowing how you rsync rsync, one can't say for
> sure.  You can read through the various news files, looking for things
> that may affect you:
>
> http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-2.6.8-NEWS
> http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-2.6.9-NEWS
> http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.0.0-NEWS
> http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.0.1-NEWS
> http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.0.2-NEWS
> http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.0.3-NEWS
> http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.0.4-NEWS
> http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.0.5-NEWS
> http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.0.6-NEWS
>
> There is a "NOTABLE CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR" section in 2 of those files
> (3.0.0 and 3.0.1).
>
> If you run into any problems, you can always try a quick-fix of using
> either the --no-inc-recursive (--no-i-r) option (which turns off the
> new, fancy incremental recursion scanning), or the --protocol=29 option
> (which reverts back to the protocol that 2.6.7 used, which will also
> disable incremental recursion in addition to several other changes).
> Most folks are not having problems with the latest rsync, but there are
> always bugs lying around waiting for less-used use-cases to expose them.
>
> I certainly recommend the 3.0.x series over the 2.6.x series.
>
> > Also I could see so many bug fixes after rsync 3.0.5 release. Do I
> > have to patch all the bug fixes or its fine if I use only rsync 3.0.5?
>
> I'd suggest you go with the just-released 3.0.6, personally.  :-)
>
> ..wayne..
>
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