+2006-06-09 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * THANKS: Add Jason Armistead
+ * doc/tar.texi: Update
+ * NEWS: Update
+ * src/buffer.c: Implement more flexible checkpoint style
+ * src/common.h (checkpoint_option): Change type to unsigned
+ (checkpoint_style): New variable.
+ * src/tar.c: --checkpoint takes an optional argument specifying
+ number of records between two successive checkpoints (proposed
+ by Jason Armistead on 2004-06-22). Optional dot starting the
+ argument means "print dots instead of textual checkpoints".
+ (tar_help): New function
+ * src/transform.c: Minor fixes.
+
2006-06-08 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
* gnulib.modules: Add mkdtemp