-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2013-09-23
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2013-11-17
Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
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-version 1.26.90 (Git)
+version 1.27.1 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2013-11-17
+
+* Bug fixes
+
+* Fix unquoting of file names obtained via the -T option.
+
+* Fix GNU long link header timestamp (backward compatibility).
+
+* Fix extracting sparse members from star archives.
+
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+version 1.27 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2013-10-05
* Bug fixes
* New command line option --keep-directory-symlink
-By default, if when trying to extract a directory from the archive,
+By default, if trying to extract a directory from the archive,
tar discovers that the corresponding file name already exists and is a
symbolic link, it first unlinks the entry, and then extracts the directory.