Suggestions for improving GNU tar.
+* <45BEC0DB.8040903@unix-beratung.de>
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* Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux.
* Add support for restoring file time stamps to sub-second resolution,
* --append should bail out if the two archives are of different types.
-* Add support for GNU private keywords in POSIX 1003.1-2001 headers,
-so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and
---multi-volume) may be used with POSIX archives.
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* Add support for a 'pax' command that conforms to POSIX 1003.1-2001.
This would unify paxutils with tar.
-* Remove command-line incompatibilities between GNU tar and UNIX tar
- as specified by UNIX98. The main problem is:
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- l GNU tar doesn't cross filesystem boundaries.
- UNIX98 tar warns if all links cannot be resolved.
- (GNU tar --check-links option)
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- Currently tar prints a warning when this option is used. Sometime
- in the future its semantics will be changed to that of --check-links.
- In the meanwhile we should announce a phase-in period where "l"
- changes in semantics.
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* Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation.
* Add an option to remove files that compare successfully.