X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=692c8cd8dd8a56531547a3f594507678814184bb;hb=653e9784d30438aa9139aaf0da0bbb9e3650e8b0;hp=4fcc0b5d35b5441677e8180b9de2de338f8b0ae4;hpb=f8baeb3fa0552692a4cea06ec5622103b4dddf2e;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 4fcc0b5..692c8cd 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,20 +1,40 @@ GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. -Copyright © 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - -version 1.12.64012 - Paul Eggert, 1999-06-16. - -This is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to large file -environments like AIX 4.2, HP-UX 10.20, IRIX 6.2, and Solaris 2.6 that -(among other things) 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 hosts. The patches of this -release have all been (or will be) submitted via the usual channels and -they should no longer be needed once the next official release -of GNU tar is out. +Copyright 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +version 1.13.4 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-20. + +* Do not chmod unless we are root or the -p option was given; + this matches historical practice. +* Bug fixes. + +version 1.13.3 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-16. + +* A path name is excluded if any of its file name components matches an + excluded pattern, even if the path name was specified on the command line. +* Bug fixes. + +version 1.13.2 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-14. + +* Bug reporting address changed to . +* Bug fixes. + +version 1.13.1 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-12. + +* 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.