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-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2009-03-04
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2009-08-08
 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
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-version 1.21.90 (CVS)
+version 1.22.90 (Git)
+
+* Record size autodetection
+
+When listing or extracting archives, the actual record size is
+reported only if the archive is read from a device (as opposed
+to regular files and pipes).
+
+* New command line option `--warning'
+
+The `--warning' command line option allows to suppress or enable
+particular warning messages during `tar' run.  It takes a single
+argument (a `keyword'), identifying the class of warning messages
+to affect.  If the argument is prefixed with `no-', such warning
+messages are suppressed.  For example,
+
+  tar --warning=no-alone-zero-block -x -f archive
+
+suppresses the output of `A lone zero block' diagnostics, which is
+normally issued if `archive' ends with a single block of zeros.
+
+* New command line option `--level'
+
+The `--level=N' option sets the incremental dump level N.  It
+is valid when used in conjunction with the -c and --listed-incremental
+options.  So far the only meaningful value for N is 0.  The
+`--level=0' option forces creating the level 0 dump, by truncating
+the snapshot file if it exists.
+
+* Bugfixes
+** Fix handling of hard link targets by -c --transform.
+** Fix hard links recognition with -c --remove-files.
+** Fix restoring files from backup (debian bug #508199).
+** Correctly restore modes and permissions on existing directories.
+
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+version 1.22 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2009-03-05
 
 * Support for xz compression
 
-Tar uses xz for compression if at least one of the following
-conditions is met: 
+Tar uses xz for compression if one of the following conditions is met: 
 
  1. The option --xz or -J (see below) is used.
  2. The xz binary is set as compressor using --use-compress-program option.
  3. The file name of the archive being created ends in `.xz' and
  auto-compress option (-a) is used.
 
-Xz is used for decompression if at least one of the following
-conditions is met: 
+Xz is used for decompression if one of the following conditions is met: 
 
  1. The option --xz or -J is used.
  2. The xz binary is set as compressor using --use-compress-program option.
  3. The file is recognized as xz compressed stream data.
 
-* Short option -J
-
-The decision to assign -J option was taken just before the XZ format
-has been officially declared stable.  Now, that stable xz tools are
-available, the -J option is re-assigned as a short equivalent of --xz.
+* Short option -J reassigned as a short equivalent of --xz
 
 * New option -I
 
 The -I option is assigned as a short equivalent for
 --use-compress-program.
 
+* The --no-recursive option works in incremental mode.
+
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 version 1.21 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2008-12-27