-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2007-09-29
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2007-10-17
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-version 1.18.90 (CVS)
+(CVS)
+* New option --auto-compress (-a)
+
+With --create, selects compression algorithm basing on the suffix
+of the archive file name.
+
+* New option --lzma
+
+Selects LZMA compression algorithm
+
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+version 1.19 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2007-10-10
* New option --exclude-vcs
-Excludes directories and files, internal to some widely used version
+Excludes directories and files, created by several widely used version
control systems, e.g. "CVS/", ".svn/", etc.
* --exclude-tag and --exclude-cache options
* Fix double-dot recognition in archive member names in case of duplicate '/.'.
+* Fix file padding in case of truncation of the input file to zero size.
+
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version 1.18 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2007-06-29