X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?p=chaz%2Ftar;a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=c8ed3c9edd7302801a687545c2cc6021ceddaacb;hp=9492ebc8703049d9becd05af0ffe2c8eb5bf0184;hb=5cb79ed51999e36add131116d3d3db586be9870e;hpb=3cb52ac16a29639527d9990d72e480e38caf00fa diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 9492ebc..c8ed3c9 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,28 +1,20 @@ Suggestions for improving GNU tar. +* <45BEC0DB.8040903@unix-beratung.de> + * Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux. -* --append should bail out if the two archives are of different types. +* Add support for restoring file time stamps to sub-second resolution, + if the file system supports this. -* Add support for GNU private keywords in POSIX 1003.1-2001 headers, -so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and ---multi-volume) may be used with POSIX archives. +* Add support for restoring the attributes of symbolic links, for + OSes like FreeBSD that have the lutimes and lchmod functions. + +* --append should bail out if the two archives are of different types. * Add support for a 'pax' command that conforms to POSIX 1003.1-2001. This would unify paxutils with tar. -* Remove command-line incompatibilities between GNU tar and UNIX tar - as specified by UNIX98. The main problem is: - - l GNU tar doesn't cross filesystem boundaries. - UNIX98 tar warns if all links cannot be resolved. - (GNU tar --check-links option) - - Currently tar prints a warning when this option is used. Somewhere - in the future its semantics will be changed to that of --check-links. - In the meanwhile we should announce a phase-in period where "l" - changes in semantics. - * Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation. * Add an option to remove files that compare successfully. @@ -33,7 +25,7 @@ so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff', to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup. -* Add tests for testing the added functonality. +* Add tests for the new functonality. * Consider this: @@ -50,27 +42,25 @@ so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and (http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-05/msg00022.html) - + * Copyright notice - Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright 2003, 2004, 2007, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - This file is part of GNU tar. +This file is part of GNU tar. - GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify - it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) - any later version. +GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or +(at your option) any later version. - GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - GNU General Public License for more details. +GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. - You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License - along with tar; see the file COPYING. If not, write to - the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, - Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with this program. If not, see . Local variables: