X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=b081b7012c1877cf7f1c0bd80b929dd2994ebe4d;hb=617f136b46ef83a4622981a2aa1972090f8d708d;hp=d15b038e1984027e5b3daae7806cbecfa729e5cb;hpb=6cd816fc83f03e864d950958cd1c90ace3718b4a;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d15b038..b081b70 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,19 +1,28 @@ 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.3 - Paul Eggert, 1998-08. +version 1.13.2 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-14. -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 . +* Bug reporting address changed to . +* Bug fixes. -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. +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.