X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=f325d17dffb89c79ac8f224466e49cedbae56b79;hb=080a6b2ac52ece6bdfbe7d1daadffa2585887646;hp=f5ca51baa80d6d521328581d22c38345e59d2d41;hpb=120e96c480fbfc5fa31fba0f59ba1a45953b838e;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index f5ca51b..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.