X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=0018ca90bb210c74331c01db4f074a03f8ebb5bf;hb=5b9d8c93c78f8c0177e4c837dcc3cdc4f79d59c5;hp=ba1666eb1d7860f986ad468ce220eb79037e2816;hpb=b68057816b2f880a8bd2e9747a9b75d60f7e1a4f;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index ba1666e..0018ca9 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ Suggestions for improving GNU tar. * Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux. -* Fix tar so that it can read and write POSIX.1-1990 tar archives. - -* Add support for POSIX 1003.1-2001 tar archives - (along with technical corrections to the standard since 2001). +* Add support for GNU private keywords in POSIX 1003.1-2001 headers, +so that the GNU extensions (--sparse, --incremental, --label and +--multi-volume) may be used with POSIX archives. * Add support for a 'pax' command that conforms to POSIX 1003.1-2001. This would unify paxutils with tar. @@ -31,6 +30,11 @@ Suggestions for improving GNU tar. It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff', to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup. +* Add tests for testing the added functonality. + +* Revise the --sparse option functionality. + + * Copyright notice Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @@ -51,3 +55,9 @@ Suggestions for improving GNU tar. along with tar; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + + +Local variables: +mode: outline +paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$" +end: