1 rsync 2.5.3 (11 March 2002)
7 * Make sure that supplementary groups are removed from a server
8 process after changing uid and gid. (Ethan Benson) (Debian bug
9 #132272, CVE CAN-2002-0080)
13 * Fix zlib double-free bug. (Owen Taylor, Mark J Cox) (CVE
16 * Fixed problem that in many cases caused the error message
17 unexpected read size of 0 in map_ptr
18 and resulted in the wrong data being copied.
20 * Fixed compilation errors on some systems caused by the use of
21 "unsigned int64" in rsync.h.
23 * Fixed problem on systems such as Sunos4 that do not support realloc
24 on a NULL pointer; error was "out of memory in flist_expand".
26 * Fix for rsync server processes hanging around after the client
27 unexpectedly disconnects. (Colin Walters) (Debian bug #128632)
29 * Cope with BSD systems on which mkdir() will not accept a trailing
34 * Merge in changes from zlib 1.1.2 to zlib 1.1.3. (Note that
35 rsync still uses a custom version of zlib; you can not just link
36 against a system library. See zlib/README.rsync)
38 * Command to initiate connections is only shown with -vv, rather
39 than -v as in 2.5.2. Output from plain -v is more similar to
40 what was historically used so as not to break scripts that try
43 * Added --no-whole-file and --no-blocking-io options (Dave Dykstra)
45 * Made the --write-batch and --read-batch options actually work
46 and added documentation in the man page (Jos Backus)
48 * If the daemon is unable to fork a child to accept a connection,
49 print an error message. (Colin Walters)