Implement statistics display in checkpoint actions.

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-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2013-11-17
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2014-01-21
 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
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+version 1.27.90 (Git)
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+* New checkpoint action: totals
+
+The --checkpoint-action=totals option instructs tar to output the
+total number of bytes transferred at each checkpoint.
+
+* Extended checkpoint format specification.
+
+New conversion specifiers are implemented:
+
+  %d  -  output number of seconds since tar started
+  %T  -  output I/O totals
+  %{FMT}t - output current local time using FMT as strftime(3) format
+            If {FMT} is omitted, use %c
+  %{N}*   - pad output with spaces to the Nth column, or to the 
+            current screen width, if {N} is not given.
+
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 version 1.27.1 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2013-11-17