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 * Fix tar so that it can read and write POSIX.1-1990 tar archives.
   6
   7 * Add support for POSIX 1003.1-2001 tar archives
   8   (along with technical corrections to the standard since 2001).
   9
  10 * Add support for a 'pax' command that conforms to POSIX 1003.1-2001.
  11   This would unify paxutils with tar.
  12
  13 * Remove command-line incompatibilities between GNU tar and UNIX tar
  14   as specified by UNIX98.  The main problem is:
  15
  16      l   GNU tar doesn't cross filesystem boundaries.
  17          UNIX98 tar warns if all links cannot be resolved.
  18            (GNU tar --check-links option)
  19
  20   Perhaps we could announce a phase-in period where "l" changes in semantics.
  21   In the meanwhile we could make the "l" semantics to be determined by the
  22   value of POSIXLY_CORRECT variable.
  23
  24 * Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation.
  25
  26 * Add an option to remove files that compare successfully.
  27
  28   From: Roesinger Eric <ROESINGE@tce.com>
  29   Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 18:43:43 -0500
  30
  31   It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff',
  32   to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup.
  33
  34 * Copyright notice
  35
  36   Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  37
  38   This file is part of GNU tar.
  39
  40   GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  41   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  42   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
  43   any later version.
  44
  45   GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  46   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  47   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  48   GNU General Public License for more details.
  49
  50   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  51   along with tar; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
  52   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
  53   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.