X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=17d04b0da4934542548e5b040ff53f5d2284bcd6;hb=803f861392979da6a7f5ec2ed7ff427ae0d146d2;hp=feb70ef2d4850738af6ea5a802ce91f21991b025;hpb=2a65ad143aa74b3a68958a022775255951633ca2;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index feb70ef..17d04b0 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,19 +1,23 @@ GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. -Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -version 1.12.lfs.6 - Paul Eggert, 1998-12-07. +version 1.13.1 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-12. -This version is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to Large File -Summit (LFS) environments like Solaris 2.6 that rely on integer system -types longer than `long'. Please send bug reports specific to this -unofficial version of GNU `tar' to . - -This is not intended to be a forked release for GNU tar; it's -just an interim experimental release, mostly intended for -Large File Summit hosts like Solaris 2.6. The patches of this -release have all been submitted via the usual channels and -they should no longer be needed once the next official release -of GNU tar is out. +* Bug fixes. + +version 1.13 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-08. + +* Support for large files, e.g. files larger than 2 GB on many 32-bit hosts. + Also, support for larger uids, device ids, etc. +* Many bug fixes and porting fixes. +* This release is only for fixes. A more ambitious test release, + with new features, is available as part of the paxutils. Please see: + http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/paxutils/ + The fixes in this release are intended to be merged with paxutils + at some point, but they haven't been merged yet. +* An interim GNU tar alpha had new --bzip2 and --ending-file options, + but they have been removed to maintain compatibility with paxutils. + Please try --use=bzip2 instead of --bzip2. Version 1.12 - François Pinard, 1997-04.