X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=e9a31ca34a80123b5b3dfc14e2026e3e9083647a;hb=0d6720288b78115095031cbb39cf32d9db670340;hp=8037aed4a8492f5b6c0668ddb984b9a603c01d38;hpb=b4ec8aedf9c8948bee9bf1635132a7da7a522611;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8037aed..e9a31ca 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,8 +1,44 @@ -GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2008-10-30 +GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2009-05-25 Please send GNU tar bug reports to -version 1.20.91 (CVS) +version 1.22.90 (Git) + +* Record size autodetection + +When listing or extracting archives, the actual record size is +reported only if the archive is read from a device (as opposed +to regular files and pipes). + + +version 1.22 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2009-03-05 + +* Support for xz compression + +Tar uses xz for compression if one of the following conditions is met: + + 1. The option --xz or -J (see below) is used. + 2. The xz binary is set as compressor using --use-compress-program option. + 3. The file name of the archive being created ends in `.xz' and + auto-compress option (-a) is used. + +Xz is used for decompression if one of the following conditions is met: + + 1. The option --xz or -J is used. + 2. The xz binary is set as compressor using --use-compress-program option. + 3. The file is recognized as xz compressed stream data. + +* Short option -J reassigned as a short equivalent of --xz + +* New option -I + +The -I option is assigned as a short equivalent for +--use-compress-program. + +* The --no-recursive option works in incremental mode. + + +version 1.21 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2008-12-27 * New short option -J @@ -42,7 +78,7 @@ control type of archive members affected by them. The flags are: - h Apply transformation to hard link targets. -Corresponding upper-case letters negate the flag meaning, so that +Corresponding upper-case letters negate the meaning, so that `H' means ``do not apply transformation to hard link targets.'' The scope flags are listed in the third part of an `s' expression,