Improve checkpoint interface.

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-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2013-09-23
+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 1.26.90 (Git)
+version 1.27.90 (Git)
+
+* 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.
+
+\f
+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.
+
+\f
+version 1.27 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2013-10-05
 
 * Bug fixes
 
@@ -77,7 +107,7 @@ size, if it differs from the default.
 
 * 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.