X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=414b95c3ce06fe0380abf82c65fb95840d7e8f72;hb=b1f33c8362355329c72c1901d0dd0c59151820b4;hp=8aca16f217d400d49fbbfe0a60a31194a4ec77f0;hpb=32c1e664e5f0b5bc4191a334ade93c1b98a90acb;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8aca16f..414b95c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. -Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 +Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. Please send GNU tar bug reports to -version 1.13.90 +version 1.13.93 -* Added support for POSIX.1-2001 archive format. +* Added support for POSIX.1-2001 and ustar archive formats. * New option --format allows to select the output archive format * The default output format can be selected at configuration time by presetting the environment variable DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT. @@ -42,10 +42,14 @@ version 1.13.90 extracts the first occurrence of `filename' from `archive' and terminates without scanning to the end of the archive. +* New option --pax-option allows to control the handling of POSIX + keywords in `pax' extended headers. It is equivalent to `pax' + -o option. + * Removed obsolete command line options: ** --absolute-paths superseded by --absolute-names ** --block-compress is not needed any longer -** --block-size superseded by --blocking--factor +** --block-size superseded by --blocking-factor ** --modification-time superseded by --touch ** --read-full-blocks superseded by --read-full-records ** --record-number superseded by --block-number