+2008-10-16 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * src/common.h (transform_symlinks_option): New global.
+ * src/create.c (dump_file0): Transform symlink targets only if
+ explicitly required. Thanks Cyril Strejc for reporting the
+ problem.
+ * src/tar.c (parse_opt): New options --transform-symlinks and
+ --no-transform-symlinks. New alias --xform to the --transform
+ option.
+ * doc/tar.texi: Document --transform-symlinks
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+
+ * src/names.c (name_gather): Use xzalloc.
+ * src/buffer.c (short_read): Move record size detection before
+ the loop.
+
2008-10-07 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
* src/tar.c (options): Add --lzop option.