X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=f325d17dffb89c79ac8f224466e49cedbae56b79;hb=080a6b2ac52ece6bdfbe7d1daadffa2585887646;hp=0aea69253225098481de571a6f6ef204d2cf481b;hpb=849ec5094145dc7c424fbb0967e055291982a5bd;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 0aea692..f325d17 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ Suggestions for improving GNU tar. +* <45BEC0DB.8040903@unix-beratung.de> + * Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux. * Add support for restoring file time stamps to sub-second resolution, @@ -10,25 +12,9 @@ Suggestions for improving GNU tar. * --append should bail out if the two archives are of different types. -* Add support for GNU private keywords in POSIX 1003.1-2001 headers, -so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and ---multi-volume) may be used with POSIX archives. - * Add support for a 'pax' command that conforms to POSIX 1003.1-2001. This would unify paxutils with tar. -* Remove command-line incompatibilities between GNU tar and UNIX tar - as specified by UNIX98. The main problem is: - - l GNU tar doesn't cross filesystem boundaries. - UNIX98 tar warns if all links cannot be resolved. - (GNU tar --check-links option) - - Currently tar prints a warning when this option is used. Sometime - in the future its semantics will be changed to that of --check-links. - In the meanwhile we should announce a phase-in period where "l" - changes in semantics. - * Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation. * Add an option to remove files that compare successfully. @@ -75,8 +61,8 @@ so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with tar; see the file COPYING. If not, write to - the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, - Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, + Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. Local variables: