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-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2013-02-10
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2013-10-05
 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
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-version 1.26.90 (Git)
+version 1.27 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2013-10-05
 
 * Bug fixes
 
@@ -70,6 +70,23 @@ prevent from being expanded too early, for example:
 
 * New configure option --enable-gcc-warnings, intended for debugging.
 
+* New warning control option --warning=[no-]record-size
+
+On extraction, this option controls whether to display actual record
+size, if it differs from the default.
+
+* New command line option --keep-directory-symlink
+
+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.
+
+This option disables this behavior and instructs tar to follow
+symlinks to directories when extracting from the archive.  
+
+It is mainly intended to provide compatibility with the Slackware
+installation scripts.
+
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 version 1.26 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2011-03-12