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[chaz/tar] / TODO

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@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ Suggestions for improving GNU tar.
 
 * Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux.
 
+* Add support for restoring file time stamps to sub-second resolution,
+  if the file system supports this.
+
+* Add support for restoring the attributes of symbolic links, for
+  OSes like FreeBSD that have the lutimes and lchmod functions.
+
+* --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.
@@ -16,9 +24,10 @@ so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and
         UNIX98 tar warns if all links cannot be resolved.
           (GNU tar --check-links option)
 
-  Perhaps we could announce a phase-in period where "l" changes in semantics.
-  In the meanwhile we could make the "l" semantics to be determined by the
-  value of POSIXLY_CORRECT variable.
+  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.
 
 * Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation.
 
@@ -30,7 +39,7 @@ so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and
   It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff',
   to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup.
 
-* Add tests for testing the added functonality.
+* Add tests for the new functonality.
 
 * Consider this:
 
@@ -47,10 +56,10 @@ so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and
 
   (http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-05/msg00022.html)
 
-\f  
+\f
 * Copyright notice
 
-  Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+  Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
   This file is part of GNU tar.
 
@@ -66,8 +75,8 @@ so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and
 
   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with tar; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-  the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-  Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+  the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
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