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 GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes.
 GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes.

-Copyright 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright 1994-1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+version 1.13.18 - Paul Eggert, 2000-10-29
+
+* Some security problems have been fixed.  `tar -x' now modifies only
+  files under the working directory, unless you also specify an unsafe
+  option like --absolute-names or --overwrite.
+
+* The short name of the --bzip option has been changed to -j,
+  and -I is now an alias for -T, for compatibility with Solaris tar.
+
+* The manual is now distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
+
+* The new environment variable TAR_OPTIONS holds default command-line options.
+
+* The --no-recursion option now affects extraction too.
+
+* The wording in some diagnostics has been changed slightly.
+
+* Snapshot files now record whether each file was accessed via NFS.
+  The new file format is upward- and downward-compatible with the old.
+
+* New language supported: da.
+
+* Compilation by traditional (K&R) C compilers is no longer supported.
+  If you still use such a compiler, please use GCC instead.
+
+* This version of tar works best with GNU gzip test version 1.3 or later.
+  Please see <ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/>.
+  
+* `tar --delete -f -' now works again.
+
+version 1.13.17 - Paul Eggert, 2000-01-07.
+
+* `tar --delete -f -' is no longer allowed; it was too buggy.
+* Diagnostic messages have been made more regular and consistent.

 
 version 1.13.16 - Paul Eggert, 1999-12-13.
 
 
 version 1.13.16 - Paul Eggert, 1999-12-13.
 

-* By default, tar now refuses to overwrite existing files when
-  extracting files from an archive; instead, it removes them before
-  extracting.  There is one exception: existing nonempty directories
-  are not removed, nor are their ownerships or permissions extracted.
-  This fixes some longstanding security problems.
+* By default, tar now refuses to overwrite an existing file when
+  extracting files from an archive; instead, it removes the file
+  before extracting it.  If the existing file is a symbolic link, the
+  link is removed and not the pointed-to file.  There is one
+  exception: existing nonempty directories are not removed, nor are
+  their ownerships or permissions extracted.  This fixes some
+  longstanding security problems.

 
   The new --overwrite option enables the old default behavior.
 
 
   The new --overwrite option enables the old default behavior.
 


@@ -155,7 +192,7 @@ version 1.13.6 - Paul Eggert, 1999-08-11.
 
 * The protocol for talking to rmt has been extended slightly.
   Open flags are now communicated in symbolic format as well as numeric.
 
 * The protocol for talking to rmt has been extended slightly.
   Open flags are now communicated in symbolic format as well as numeric.

-  The symbolic format (e.g. "O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC" is for portability
+  The symbolic format (e.g. "O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC") is for portability

   when rmt is operating on a different operating system from tar.
   The numeric format is retained, and rmt uses it if symbolic format is absent,
   for backward compatibility with older versions of tar and rmt.
   when rmt is operating on a different operating system from tar.
   The numeric format is retained, and rmt uses it if symbolic format is absent,
   for backward compatibility with older versions of tar and rmt.


@@ -208,7 +245,7 @@ version 1.13 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-08.
 * Many bug fixes and porting fixes.
 * This release is only for fixes.  A more ambitious test release,
   with new features, is available as part of the paxutils.  Please see:
 * Many bug fixes and porting fixes.
 * This release is only for fixes.  A more ambitious test release,
   with new features, is available as part of the paxutils.  Please see:

-    http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/paxutils/
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/paxutils/

   The fixes in this release are intended to be merged with paxutils
   at some point, but they haven't been merged yet.
 * An interim GNU tar alpha had new --bzip2 and --ending-file options,
   The fixes in this release are intended to be merged with paxutils
   at some point, but they haven't been merged yet.
 * An interim GNU tar alpha had new --bzip2 and --ending-file options,