Supply more information to the --to-command script.

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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7624d8022bc6b0232840907a957bec6bd661c441..5705bd7a8080a745cfea80516cc052dc51721c5f 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2009-10-07
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2010-02-25

 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
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 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
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-version 1.22.90 (Git)
+version 1.22.91 (Git)

 
 * Record size autodetection
 
 
 * Record size autodetection
 


@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ messages are suppressed.  For example,
 suppresses the output of `A lone zero block' diagnostics, which is
 normally issued if `archive' ends with a single block of zeros.
 
 suppresses the output of `A lone zero block' diagnostics, which is
 normally issued if `archive' ends with a single block of zeros.
 

+See Tar Manual, section 3.9 "Controlling Warning Messages", for a
+detailed discussion.
+

 * New command line option `--level'
 
 The `--level=N' option sets the incremental dump level N.  It
 * New command line option `--level'
 
 The `--level=N' option sets the incremental dump level N.  It


@@ -77,12 +80,23 @@ the Epoch or a `Time reference' (see below).
 * Time references in --pax-option argument.
 
 Any value from the --pax-option argument that is enclosed in a pair
 * Time references in --pax-option argument.
 
 Any value from the --pax-option argument that is enclosed in a pair

-of curly braces.  In that case, the string between the braces is
-understood either as a textual time representation, as described in
+of curly braces represents a time reference.  The string between the 
+braces is understood either as a textual time representation, as described in

 chapter 7, "Date input formats", of the Tar manual, or as a name of
 chapter 7, "Date input formats", of the Tar manual, or as a name of

-the existing file, starting with `/' or `.'.  In the latter
+an existing file, starting with `/' or `.'.  In the latter

 case, the value is replaced with the modification time of that file.
 
 case, the value is replaced with the modification time of that file.
 

+* Environment of --to-command script.
+
+The environment passed to the --to-command script is extended with
+the following variables:
+
+   TAR_VERSION          GNU tar version number
+   TAR_ARCHIVE          The name of the archive
+   TAR_VOLUME           Ordinal number of the volume
+   TAR_FORMAT           Format of the archive
+   TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR  Current blocking factor
+

 * Bugfixes
 ** Fix handling of hard link targets by -c --transform.
 ** Fix hard links recognition with -c --remove-files.
 * Bugfixes
 ** Fix handling of hard link targets by -c --transform.
 ** Fix hard links recognition with -c --remove-files.


@@ -90,6 +104,9 @@ case, the value is replaced with the modification time of that file.
 ** Correctly restore modes and permissions on existing directories.
 ** The --remove-files option removes the files only if they were
 succesfully stored in the archive.
 ** Correctly restore modes and permissions on existing directories.
 ** The --remove-files option removes the files only if they were
 succesfully stored in the archive.

+** Fix storing and listing of the volume labels in POSIX format.
+** Improve algorithm for splitting long file names (ustar
+format).

 
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 version 1.22 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2009-03-05
 
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 version 1.22 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2009-03-05


@@ -1181,7 +1198,7 @@ Versions 1.07 back to 1.00 by Jay Fenlason.
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 Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003,
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 Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003,

-2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

 
 This file is part of GNU tar.
 
 
 This file is part of GNU tar.