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@@ -65,17 +65,29 @@ will add 'prefix/' to all file names stored in foo.tar.
 versions it worked only with --extract.
 
 ** New option --show-transformed-names enables display of transformed file
-or archive.  In particular, when creating archive in verbose mode,
-the option lists member names as stored in the archive.  It
-generalizes --show-stored-names option, introduced in 1.15.90.  In
-particular, when creating an archive in verbose mode, it lists member
-names as stored in the archive, i.e., with any eventual prefixes
+or archive.   It generalizes --show-stored-names option, introduced in 
+1.15.90.  In particular, when creating an archive in verbose mode, it lists 
+member names as stored in the archive, i.e., with any eventual prefixes
 removed and file name transformations applied.  The option is useful,
 for example, while comparing `tar cv' and `tar tv' outputs.
 
 ** New incremental snapshot file format keeps information about file names 
 as well as that about directories.
 
+** The --checkpoint option takes an optional argument specifying the number
+of records between the two successive checkpoints.   Optional dot
+starting the argument intructs tar to print dots instead of textual
+checkpoints. 
+
+** The --totals option can be used with any tar operation (previous versions
+understood it only with --create).  If an argument to this option is
+given, it specifies the signal upon delivery of which the statistics
+is to be printed.  Both forms of this option (with and without
+argument) can be given to in a single invocation of tar.
+
+* Bug fixes
+** Detect attempts to update compressed archives.
+
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 version 1.15.90 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2006-02-19