X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=f440a08d585b939a6599419a2c5767762004d21b;hb=dccb3806a6e9fcf50952b9d3cc96c6591acbd076;hp=f5ca51baa80d6d521328581d22c38345e59d2d41;hpb=120e96c480fbfc5fa31fba0f59ba1a45953b838e;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index f5ca51b..f440a08 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ Suggestions for improving GNU tar. +* <45BEC0DB.8040903@unix-beratung.de> + * Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux. * Add support for restoring file time stamps to sub-second resolution, @@ -10,25 +12,9 @@ Suggestions for improving GNU tar. * --append should bail out if the two archives are of different types. -* Add support for GNU private keywords in POSIX 1003.1-2001 headers, -so that the GNU extensions (--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. -* Remove command-line incompatibilities between GNU tar and UNIX tar - as specified by UNIX98. The main problem is: - - l GNU tar doesn't cross filesystem boundaries. - UNIX98 tar warns if all links cannot be resolved. - (GNU tar --check-links option) - - Currently tar prints a warning when this option is used. Sometime - in the future its semantics will be changed to that of --check-links. - In the meanwhile we should announce a phase-in period where "l" - changes in semantics. - * Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation. * Add an option to remove files that compare successfully. @@ -59,13 +45,13 @@ so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and * Copyright notice - Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU tar. GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) + the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version. GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,