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 GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes.
-Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
+Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004
 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 \f
 
-version 1.13.90
+version 1.13.94 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2004-04-04
 
-* Added support for POSIX.1-2001 archive format.
+* Added support for POSIX.1-2001 and ustar archive formats.
 * New option --format allows to select the output archive format
 * The default output format can be selected at configuration time
   by presetting the environment variable DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT.
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ version 1.13.90
 * New option --strip-path allows to cut off a given number of
   path elements from the name of the file being extracted.
 
-* Bug fixes.
-
 * New options --index-file, --no-overwrite-dir.  The --overwrite-dir
   option is now the default; use --no-overwrite-dir if you prefer
   the previous default behavior.
@@ -42,10 +40,29 @@ version 1.13.90
   extracts the first occurrence of `filename' from `archive'
   and terminates without scanning to the end of the archive.
 
+* New option --pax-option allows to control the handling of POSIX
+  keywords in `pax' extended headers. It is equivalent to `pax'
+  -o option.
+
+* --incremental and --listed-incremental options work correctly on
+  individual files, as well as on directories.
+
+* New scripts: backup (replaces old level-0 and level-1) and restore.
+The scripts are compiled and installed if --enable-backup-scripts
+option is given to configure.
+
+* By default tar searches "rmt" utility in "$prefix/libexec/rmt",
+which is consistent with the location where the version of "rmt"
+included in the package is installed. Previous versions of tar
+used "/etc/rmt". The full path name to the "rmt" utility may
+be overridden either while configuring the package, by setting
+DEFAULT_RMT_COMMAND variable, or on runtime, by giving option
+--rmt-command to tar. 
+      
 * Removed obsolete command line options:
 ** --absolute-paths superseded by --absolute-names
 ** --block-compress is not needed any longer
-** --block-size superseded by --blocking--factor
+** --block-size superseded by --blocking-factor
 ** --modification-time superseded by --touch
 ** --read-full-blocks superseded by --read-full-records
 ** --record-number superseded by --block-number
@@ -54,7 +71,9 @@ version 1.13.90
 * New message translations fi (Finnish), gl (Galician), hr (Croatian),
   hu (Hungarian), ms (Malaysian), nb (Norwegian), ro (Romanian), sk
   (Slovak), zh_CN (Chinese simplified), zh_TW (Chinese traditional).
-  The code 'no' for Norwegian has been withdrawn; use 'nb' instead.
+  The code 'no' for Norwegian (Bokmål) has been withdrawn; use 'nb' instead.
+
+* Bug fixes.
 
 version 1.13.25 - Paul Eggert, 2001-09-26