-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2014-02-13
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2014-02-14
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extracted outside of the specified directory, even if the archive is
crafted so as to put them elsewhere.
+* New option --sort
+
+The --sort=ORDER option instructs tar to sort directory entries
+according to ORDER. It takes effect when creating archives.
+Available ORDERs are: none (the default), name and inode. The
+latter may be absent, if the underlying system does not provide
+the necessary information.
+
+Using --sort=name ensures the member ordering in the created archive
+is uniform and reproducible. Using --sort=inode reduces the number
+of disk seeks made when creating the archive and thus can considerably
+speed up archivation.
+
* Manpages
This release includes official tar(1) and rmt(8) manpages.