+2008-01-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * doc/tar.texi: Update Back-Cover text to reflect new GNU wording.
+
+2007-12-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ Exit with nonzero status if a close fails on an archive.
+ Problem (and initial trivial fix)
+ * src/buffer.c (close_archive, new_volume): close_error, not close_warn.
+
+2007-12-05 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * src/buffer.c (check_compressed_archive): Do not bail out if the
+ file is too short, set boolean flag, passed as an argument
+ instead. This fixes a bug introduced on 2007-08-24. See also
+ tests/shortupd.at.
+
+ * tests/Makefile.am, tests/testsuite.at: Add shortupd.at.
+ * tests/shortupd.at: New test.
+
+2007-11-12 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+ Don't read from name[-1].
+ * src/incremen.c (make_directory): Handle namelen == 0, since
+ find_directory_meta calls make_directory ("").
+
+2007-11-07 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * bootstrap (checkout): Use URL of the gnulib CVS mirror.
+ * gnulib.modules: Add fseeko and snprintf.
+
+2007-10-31 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * src/checkpoint.c: New actions: bell and ttyout
+ * src/system.c (sys_exec_info_script)
+ (sys_exec_checkpoint_script): pass the current blocking factor in
+ TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR environment variable.
+ * doc/tar.texi: Update
+ * NEWS: Update
+
+2007-10-30 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * doc/Makefile.am: Use texi2html and the CVS version of gendocs.sh
+ to create HTML versions of the manual.
+ * doc/gendocs_template: Likewise.
+ * doc/tar.texi: Document --hard-dereference and
+ --checkpoint-action options. Improve documentation of
+ --check-links.
+
+2007-10-29 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * NEWS: Update
+ * configure.ac: Version 1.19.1
+ * po/POTFILES.in: Add src/checkpoint.c
+ * src/Makefile.am (tar_SOURCES): add checkpoint.c
+ * src/checkpoint.c: New file - checkpoint handling.
+ * src/buffer.c (checkpoint, do_checkpoint): Remove.
+ (_flush_write, simple_flush_read, _gnu_flush_read): Use
+ checkpoint_run.
+ * src/common.h (enum checkpoint_style): Remove.
+ (checkpoint_style): Remove.
+ (DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT): New define.
+ (hard_dereference_option): New variable.
+ (sys_exec_checkpoint_script): New declaration.
+ * src/create.c (file_count_links): do nothing if
+ hard_dereference_option is set.
+ * src/system.c (sys_exec_checkpoint_script): New function.
+ (sys_exec_info_script): Restore SIGPIPE handler.
+ * src/tar.c: (parse_opt): New options --hard-dereference,
+ --checkpoint-action.
+ (decode_options): Call checkpoint_finish_compile.
+
+ * src/system.c (sys_exec_info_script): Initialize buf. Problem
+ reported by Bengt-Arne Fjellner.
+
+2007-10-18 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ Avoid compiler warnings.
+ * src/list.c (read_header_primitive): Define two locals, to
+ avoid incorrect "may be used uninitialized" warnings.
+ * src/incremen.c (procdir): Remove decl of unused local, "len".
+
+2007-10-18 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * doc/tar.texi (gzip): Remove compression patent
+ warning. According to Brett Smith, the patent is
+ expired.
+
+2007-10-17 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * src/suffix.c: New file. Compress format detection by archive
+ suffix (when creating). Suggested by Jean-Pierre Demailly.
+ * src/Makefile.am: Add suffix.c
+ * src/buffer.c (magic): Add an entry for new lzma format. Proposed
+ by Lasse Collin.
+ * src/common.h (set_comression_program_by_suffix): New prototype.
+ * src/tar.c: New options --auto-compress (-a) and --lzma
+ * THANKS: Add Lasse Collin and Jean-Pierre Demailly.
+ * NEWS: Update
+ * doc/tar.texi: Update
+
+2007-10-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * src/utf8.c (string_ascii_p): Recode to avoid bogus GCC 4.2.1
+ warning about "comparison is always true due to limited range of
+ data type" when char is unsigned.
+
+2007-10-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ Adjust to recent gnulib changes.
+ * configure.ac: Dont' check for strerror, since gnulib now does this.
+ * .cvsignore: Add m4, tar-[0-9]*.
+ * lib/.cvsignore: Adjust to various gnulib file name changes.
+ Add .deps, rmt-command.h.
+
+2007-10-10 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * configure.ac, NEWS: Raise version number to 1.19
+ * tests/star/README: Update
+
+2007-10-05 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * src/create.c (dump_regular_file): Fix file padding in case of
+ truncation to zero size.
+ * NEWS: Update
+
+2007-10-04 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * tests/T-null.at: Use AT_DATA for sample output.
+
+2007-10-03 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * src/incremen.c (try_purge_directory): Ensure that arguments to T
+ and R are safe.
+
2007-09-29 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
* src/incremen.c (obstack_code_rename): Apply safer_name_suffix to
Implement --exclude-tag* and --exclude-cache* options for listed
incremental archives.
New option --exclude-vcs to exclude VCS-specific files and
- directories.
-
+ directories.
+
* NEWS: Update
* doc/tar.texi: Document --exclude-vcs option
* src/common.h (exclusion_tag_warning, check_exclusion_tags): New
(scan_directory): Hanlde exclusion tags.
* src/tar.c: New option --exclude-vcs
(exclude_vcs_files): New function
-
+
2007-09-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
* AUTHORS: Remove unnecessary information. Just list the
projects / chaz / tar / blobdiff