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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+2007-12-05  Sergey Poznyakoff  <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+       * src/buffer.c (check_compressed_archive): Do not bail out if the
+       file is too short, set boolean flag, passed as an argument
+       instead.  This fixes a bug introduced on 2007-08-24. See also
+       tests/shortupd.at.
+       
+       * tests/Makefile.am, tests/testsuite.at: Add shortupd.at.
+       * tests/shortupd.at: New test.
+
 2007-11-12  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
        Don't read from name[-1].

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2007-10-31
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2007-12-05
 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
 \f
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ their appearance in the command line.
 The value of the blocking factor is made available to info and
 checkpoint scripts via environment variable TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR.
 
+* Bugfixes.
+** Fix bug introduced in version 1.19: tar refused to update non-existing
+archives.
+
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 version 1.19 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2007-10-10