From: Paul Eggert Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 05:00:55 +0000 (+0000) Subject: version 1.13 news X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a9d934b73444ac20502265ee2c4a72d72fb6592e;p=chaz%2Ftar version 1.13 news --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 575df3c..0fd05de 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,17 +1,19 @@ GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. Copyright 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -version 1.12.64016 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-01. +version 1.13 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-02. * 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. -* This release is intended only as a bugfix release. A more ambitious version, - with new features, is also available as part of paxutils. Please see: +* 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 bug fixes in this release are intended to be merged with paxutils - at some point, but they haven't been merged as of this writing. - + 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.