* NEWS: Update.

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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2008-02-04
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2008-02-08

 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>
 
 \f

-version 1.19.1 (CVS)
+version 1.19.90 (CVS)

 
 * New option --auto-compress (-a)
 
 
 * New option --auto-compress (-a)
 


@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ they refer to, instead of creating usual hard link members (type '1').
 
 This action allows to specify an action to be executed upon hitting a
 checkpoint.  Recognized actions are: dot, echo (the default),
 
 This action allows to specify an action to be executed upon hitting a
 checkpoint.  Recognized actions are: dot, echo (the default),

-echo=string, and sleep=value.  Any number of `--checkpoint-action'
-options can be specified, the actions will be executed in order of
-their appearance in the command line.  
+echo=string, ttyout=string, exec=cmdline, and sleep=value.  Any number
+of `--checkpoint-action' options can be specified, the actions will be
+executed in order of their appearance in the command line.  See
+chapter 3.8 "Checkpoints" for a complete description.

 
 * The --transform option.
 
 
 * The --transform option.
 


@@ -34,6 +35,13 @@ The specified transformations will be applied in turn.
 The argument to `--transform' option can be a list of replace
 expressions, separated by a semicolon (as in `sed').
 
 The argument to `--transform' option can be a list of replace
 expressions, separated by a semicolon (as in `sed').
 

+Filename transformations are applied to symbolic link targets
+during both creation and extraction.  Tar 1.19 used them only
+during extraction.
+
+For a detailed description, see chapter 6.7 "Modifying File and Member
+Names". 
+

 * Info (end-of-volume) scripts
 
 The value of the blocking factor is made available to info and
 * Info (end-of-volume) scripts
 
 The value of the blocking factor is made available to info and


@@ -974,7 +982,7 @@ 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 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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