Options to control option handling in file lists.

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-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2014-03-27
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2015-08-03

 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
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 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
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-version 1.27.90 (Git)
+version 1.28.90 (Git)
+
+* New options: --verbatim-files-from, --no-verbatim-files-from
+
+The --verbatim-files-from option instructs tar to treat each line read
+from a file list as a file name, even if it starts with a dash.
+
+File lists are supplied with the --files-from (-T) option.  By
+default, each line read from a file list is first stripped off the
+leading and trailing whitespace and, if the result begins with a dash,
+it is treated as tar command line option.
+
+Use the --verbatim-files-from option to disable this special handling.
+This facilitates the use of tar with file lists created automatically
+(e.g. by file(1) command).
+
+This option affects all --files-from options that occur after it in
+the command line.  Its effect is reverted by the
+--no-verbatim-files-from option.
+
+* --null option reads file names verbatim
+
+The --null option implies --verbatim-files-from.  I.e. each line 
+read from null-delimited file lists is treated as a file name.
+
+This restores the documented behavior, which was broken in version
+1.27.
+
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+version 1.28, 2014-07-28

 
 * New checkpoint action: totals
 
 
 * New checkpoint action: totals
 


@@ -68,7 +97,7 @@ speed up archivation.
 
 This release includes official tar(1) and rmt(8) manpages.
 Distribution maintainers are kindly asked to use these instead of the
 
 This release includes official tar(1) and rmt(8) manpages.
 Distribution maintainers are kindly asked to use these instead of the

-home-made pages they provided so far.
+home-made pages they have been providing so far.

   
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 version 1.27.1 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2013-11-17
   
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 version 1.27.1 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2013-11-17


@@ -369,7 +398,7 @@ Modification times in ustar header blocks of extended headers
 are set to mtimes of the corresponding archive members.  This
 can be overridden by the
 
 are set to mtimes of the corresponding archive members.  This
 can be overridden by the
 

-  --pax-opion='exthdr.mtime=STRING'
+  --pax-option='exthdr.mtime=STRING'

 
 command line option.  The STRING is either number of seconds since
 the Epoch or a "Time reference" (see below).
 
 command line option.  The STRING is either number of seconds since
 the Epoch or a "Time reference" (see below).


@@ -379,7 +408,7 @@ headers are set to the time when tar was invoked.
 
 This can be overridden by the
 
 
 This can be overridden by the
 

-  --pax-opion='globexthdr.mtime=STRING'
+  --pax-option='globexthdr.mtime=STRING'

 
 command line option.  The STRING is either number of seconds since
 the Epoch or a "Time reference" (see below).
 
 command line option.  The STRING is either number of seconds since
 the Epoch or a "Time reference" (see below).


@@ -1505,7 +1534,7 @@ Versions 1.07 back to 1.00 by Jay Fenlason.
 
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-Copyright 1994-2001, 2003-2010, 2013-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright 1994-2001, 2003-2010, 2013-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

 
 This file is part of GNU tar.
 
 
 This file is part of GNU tar.