X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=17d04b0da4934542548e5b040ff53f5d2284bcd6;hb=9e15f49bd076202b3a5495fed2c079ad0b33b063;hp=cd088fa9f932535e794a42c9e070464fdcb47d22;hpb=3289dce5520299aeca677b1fc18383961a112949;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index cd088fa..17d04b0 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,24 @@ GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. -Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +version 1.13.1 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-12. + +* Bug fixes. + +version 1.13 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-08. + +* Support for large files, e.g. files larger than 2 GB on many 32-bit hosts. + Also, support for larger uids, device ids, etc. +* Many bug fixes and porting fixes. +* This release is only for fixes. A more ambitious test release, + with new features, is available as part of the paxutils. Please see: + http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/paxutils/ + The fixes in this release are intended to be merged with paxutils + at some point, but they haven't been merged yet. +* An interim GNU tar alpha had new --bzip2 and --ending-file options, + but they have been removed to maintain compatibility with paxutils. + Please try --use=bzip2 instead of --bzip2. + Version 1.12 - François Pinard, 1997-04. Sensitive matters