Dogcows Code - chaz/tar/blob - TODO

   1 Suggestions for improving GNU tar.
   2
   3 * Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux.
   4
   5 * Add support for restoring file time stamps to sub-second resolution,
   6   if the file system supports this.
   7
   8 * Add support for restoring the attributes of symbolic links, for
   9   OSes like FreeBSD that have the lutimes and lchmod functions.
  10
  11 * --append should bail out if the two archives are of different types.
  12
  13 * Add support for GNU private keywords in POSIX 1003.1-2001 headers,
  14 so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and
  15 --multi-volume) may be used with POSIX archives.
  16
  17 * Add support for a 'pax' command that conforms to POSIX 1003.1-2001.
  18   This would unify paxutils with tar.
  19
  20 * Remove command-line incompatibilities between GNU tar and UNIX tar
  21   as specified by UNIX98.  The main problem is:
  22
  23      l   GNU tar doesn't cross filesystem boundaries.
  24          UNIX98 tar warns if all links cannot be resolved.
  25            (GNU tar --check-links option)
  26
  27   Currently tar prints a warning when this option is used. Sometime
  28   in the future its semantics will be changed to that of --check-links.
  29   In the meanwhile we should announce a phase-in period where "l"
  30   changes in semantics.
  31
  32 * Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation.
  33
  34 * Add an option to remove files that compare successfully.
  35
  36   From: Roesinger Eric <ROESINGE@tce.com>
  37   Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 18:43:43 -0500
  38
  39   It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff',
  40   to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup.
  41
  42 * Add tests for the new functonality.
  43
  44 * Consider this:
  45
  46   From: Dennis Pund
  47   Subject: TAR suggestion...
  48   Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 18:26:36 -0500 (EST)
  49
  50   What I would like to do is:
  51
  52   foo my.tar.gz | tar -xzOf - | tar -cMf - -L 650000 - | bar
  53
  54   where 'foo' is a program that retrieves the archive and streams it
  55   to stdout and bar is a program that streams the stdin to CDR.
  56
  57   (http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-05/msg00022.html)
  58
  59 \f
  60 * Copyright notice
  61
  62   Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  63
  64   This file is part of GNU tar.
  65
  66   GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  67   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  68   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
  69   any later version.
  70
  71   GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  72   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  73   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  74   GNU General Public License for more details.
  75
  76   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  77   along with tar; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
  78   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
  79   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  80
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