Fix backup handling and restoring file modes of existing directories

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-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2008-09-24
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2009-08-05
 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
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-version 1.20.90 (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).
+
+* 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 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 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 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
 
 * New short option -J
 
@@ -28,10 +70,43 @@ back to using archive suffix to determine it.
 Using --exclude-vcs handles also files used internally by Bazaar,
 Mercurial and Darcs.
 
+* Transformation scope flags
+
+Name transformation expressions understand additional flags that
+control type of archive members affected by them.  The flags are:
+
+ - r
+   Apply transformation to regular archive members.
+
+ - s
+   Apply transformation to symbolic link targets.
+
+ - h  
+   Apply transformation to hard link targets.
+
+Corresponding upper-case letters negate the meaning, so that
+`H' means ``do not apply transformation to hard link targets.''
+
+The scope flags are listed in the third part of an `s' expression,
+e.g.:
+
+   tar --transform 's|^|/usr/local/|S'
+
+Default is `rsh', which means that transformations are applied to
+both regular archive members and to the targets of symbolic and hard
+links.  If several transform expressions are used, the default flags
+can be changed using `flags=' statement before the expressions, e.g.:
+
+   tar --transform 'flags=S;s|^|/usr/local/|S'
+
 * Bugfixes
 
 ** The --null option disabled handling of tar options in list files.  This
 is fixed.
+** Fixed record size autodetection.  If detected record size differs from
+the expected value (either default, or set on the command line), tar
+always prints a warning if verbosity level is set to 1 or greater,
+i.e. if either -t or -v option is given.
 
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