Fix backup handling and restoring file modes of existing directories

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-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2009-05-25
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2009-08-05
 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
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@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ When listing or extracting archives, the actual record size is
 reported only if the archive is read from a device (as opposed
 to regular files and pipes).
 
+* Bugfixes
+** Fix handling of hard link targets by -c --transform.
+** Fix hard links recognition with -c --remove-files.
+** Fix restoring files from backup (debian bug #508199).
+** Correctly restore modes and permissions on existing directories.
+
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 version 1.22 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2009-03-05