* NEWS: Update.

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-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2008-02-07
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2008-02-08

 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
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 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
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-version 1.19.1 (CVS)
+version 1.19.90 (CVS)

 
 * New option --auto-compress (-a)
 
 
 * New option --auto-compress (-a)
 


@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ they refer to, instead of creating usual hard link members (type '1').
 
 This action allows to specify an action to be executed upon hitting a
 checkpoint.  Recognized actions are: dot, echo (the default),
 
 This action allows to specify an action to be executed upon hitting a
 checkpoint.  Recognized actions are: dot, echo (the default),

-echo=string, and sleep=value.  Any number of `--checkpoint-action'
-options can be specified, the actions will be executed in order of
-their appearance in the command line.  
+echo=string, ttyout=string, exec=cmdline, and sleep=value.  Any number
+of `--checkpoint-action' options can be specified, the actions will be
+executed in order of their appearance in the command line.  See
+chapter 3.8 "Checkpoints" for a complete description.

 
 * The --transform option.
 
 
 * The --transform option.
 


@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ Filename transformations are applied to symbolic link targets
 during both creation and extraction.  Tar 1.19 used them only
 during extraction.
 
 during both creation and extraction.  Tar 1.19 used them only
 during extraction.
 

+For a detailed description, see chapter 6.7 "Modifying File and Member
+Names". 
+

 * Info (end-of-volume) scripts
 
 The value of the blocking factor is made available to info and
 * Info (end-of-volume) scripts
 
 The value of the blocking factor is made available to info and