From d9c7673472ecc503b07db0aecb0f5da4316763fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:05:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] version 1.13.9 --- NEWS | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 136c9e5..d00b094 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,12 +1,25 @@ GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. Copyright 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +version 1.13.9 - Paul Eggert, 1999-08-18. + +* `tar' now writes two zero blocks at end-of-archive instead of just one. + POSIX.1 requires this, and some other `tar' implementations check for it. + +* `tar' no longer silently accepts a block containing nonzero checksum bytes + as a zero block. + +* `tar' now reads buggy tar files that have a null byte at the start of a + numeric header field. + + version 1.13.8 - Paul Eggert, 1999-08-16. * For compatibility with traditional `tar', intermediate directories created automatically by root are no longer given the uid and gid of the original file or directory. + version 1.13.7 - Paul Eggert, 1999-08-14. * --listed-incremental and --newer are now incompatible options. -- 2.44.0