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