** New incremental snapshot file format keeps information about file names
as well as that about directories.
-** Option --checkpoint takes an optional argument specifying the number
+** The --checkpoint option takes an optional argument specifying the number
of records between the two successive checkpoints. Optional dot
starting the argument intructs tar to print dots instead of textual
checkpoints.
+** The --totals option can be used with any tar operation (previous versions
+understood it only with --create). If an argument to this option is
+given, it specifies the signal upon delivery of which the statistics
+is to be printed. Both forms of this option (with and without
+argument) can be given to in a single invocation of tar.
+
+* Bug fixes
+** Detect attempts to update compressed archives.
+
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version 1.15.90 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2006-02-19