X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=e9a31ca34a80123b5b3dfc14e2026e3e9083647a;hb=be34933b638b75a40513ea2b724c756b1f8e3b85;hp=5767601bf3b60fafb8d37b4d12aae7d507cb9759;hpb=c78356fedadbe36aae1e063c69d11636c86d35e6;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5767601..e9a31ca 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,8 +1,44 @@ -GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2008-09-24 +GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2009-05-25 Please send GNU tar bug reports to -version 1.20.90 (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 @@ -28,10 +64,43 @@ back to using archive suffix to determine it. Using --exclude-vcs handles also files used internally by Bazaar, Mercurial and Darcs. +* Transformation scope flags + +Name transformation expressions understand additional flags that +control type of archive members affected by them. The flags are: + + - r + Apply transformation to regular archive members. + + - s + Apply transformation to symbolic link targets. + + - h + Apply transformation to hard link targets. + +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, +e.g.: + + tar --transform 's|^|/usr/local/|S' + +Default is `rsh', which means that transformations are applied to +both regular archive members and to the targets of symbolic and hard +links. If several transform expressions are used, the default flags +can be changed using `flags=' statement before the expressions, e.g.: + + tar --transform 'flags=S;s|^|/usr/local/|S' + * Bugfixes ** The --null option disabled handling of tar options in list files. This is fixed. +** Fixed record size autodetection. If detected record size differs from +the expected value (either default, or set on the command line), tar +always prints a warning if verbosity level is set to 1 or greater, +i.e. if either -t or -v option is given.