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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 35 insertions, 16 deletions
@@ -1,21 +1,39 @@ +Changes in version 2.7.1: + +* Two critical bug fixes in the "diff --git" format support. +* Clarify the message printed when a patch is expected to empty out and delete + a file, but the file does not become empty. +* Various improvements to messages when applying a patch to a file of different + type (regular file vs. symlink), when there are line ending differences (LF + vs. CRLF), and when in --dry-run mode. +* When in the root directory, allow file names that are absolute or that + contain a component of "..". +* New --follow-symlinks option to allow to treat symlinks as files: this was + patch's behavior before version 2.7. +* Ignore when extended attributes cannot be preserved because they are + unsupported or because permission to set them is denied. +* License clarifications in NEWS and README. +* Portability bug fixes. + +Changes in version 2.7: + * Patch no longer gets a failed assertion for certain mangled patches. -* Patch now ignores destination file names that are absolute or that contain - a component of "..". This addresses CVE-2010-4651, -* Support for most features of the "diff --git" format: renames and copies, - permission changes, symlink diffs. Caveats: - + Binary diffs are not supported yet; patch will complain and skip them. - + In the "diff --git" format, all the patches are relative to the original - state of the files to patch, allowing things like criss-cross renames. - GNU patch will currently fail for such patches. -* Support for double-quoted filenames in the "diff --git" format: when a - filename in a context diff starts with a double quote, it is interpreted - as a C string literal. The escape sequences \\, \", \a, \b, \f, \n, \r, - \t, \v, and \ooo (a three-digit octal number between 0 and 255) are - recognized. -* Refuse to patch read-only files by default, or at least warn when patching - such files with --force or --batch. +* Ignore destination file names that are absolute or that contain a component + of "..". This addresses CVE-2010-4651. +* Support for most features of the "diff --git" format, including renames and + copies, permission changes, and symlink diffs. Binary diffs are not + supported yet; patch will complain and skip them. +* Support for double-quoted filenames: when a filename starts with a double + quote, it is interpreted as a C string literal. The escape sequences \\, \", + \a, \b, \f, \n, \r, \t, \v, and \ooo (a three-digit octal number between 0 + and 255) are recognized. * Refuse to apply a normal patch to a symlink. (Previous versions of patch - were wrongly replacing the symlink with a regular file.) + were replacing the symlink with a regular file.) +* When trying to modify a read-only file, warn about the potential problem + by default. The --read-only command line option allows to change this + behavior. +* Files to be deleted are deleted once the entire input has been processed, not + immediately. This fixes a bug with numbered backup files. * When a timestamp specifies a time zone, honor that instead of assuming the local time zone (--set-date) or Universal Coordinated Time (--set-utc). * Support for nanosecond precision timestamps. @@ -79,6 +97,7 @@ Changes in version 2.6: particularly with Perforce.) * Handle missing timestamps better. * Various bug fixes. +* Switch to GNU General Public License version 3. Changes in versions 2.5.8 and 2.5.9: bug fixes only. |