+2008-10-19 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * THANKS: Add Ed Leaver.
+ * src/buffer.c (short_read): Remove !read_full_records condition,
+ which was always false on a first record and thus disabled record
+ size autodetection. Thanks Ed Leaver for the patch.
+ (_gnu_flush_read): Handle blocking_factor == 1.
+ * tests/sparsemv.at: Reflect changes to buffer.c.
+ * tests/sparsemvp.at: Likewise.
+ * tests/volsize.at: Likewise.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+2008-10-16 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * src/common.h (transform_symlinks_option): New global.
+ * src/create.c (dump_file0): Transform symlink targets only if
+ explicitly required. Thanks Cyril Strejc for reporting the
+ problem.
+ * src/tar.c (parse_opt): New options --transform-symlinks and
+ --no-transform-symlinks. New alias --xform to the --transform
+ option.
+ * doc/tar.texi: Document --transform-symlinks
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+
+ * src/names.c (name_gather): Use xzalloc.
+ * src/buffer.c (short_read): Move record size detection before
+ the loop.
+
+2008-10-07 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * src/tar.c (options): Add --lzop option.
+
+2008-10-05 Xavier Hienne <xavier.hienne@free.fr> (tiny change)
+
+ * src/checkpoint.c (checkpoint_compile_action): Add missing
+ `else'.
+
+2008-09-24 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ * doc/tar.texi: Update.
+ * src/tar.c: New option --no-null.
+