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author | DongHun Kwak <dh0128.kwak@samsung.com> | 2015-12-11 16:00:36 +0900 |
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committer | DongHun Kwak <dh0128.kwak@samsung.com> | 2015-12-11 16:01:19 +0900 |
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Imported Upstream version 1.17upstream/1.17upstream
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@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +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, + if the file system supports this. + +* Add support for restoring the attributes of symbolic links, for + OSes like FreeBSD that have the lutimes and lchmod functions. + +* --append should bail out if the two archives are of different types. + +* Add support for a 'pax' command that conforms to POSIX 1003.1-2001. + This would unify paxutils with tar. + +* Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation. + +* Add an option to remove files that compare successfully. + + From: Roesinger Eric <ROESINGE@tce.com> + Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 18:43:43 -0500 + + It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff', + to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup. + +* Add tests for the new functonality. + +* Consider this: + + From: Dennis Pund + Subject: TAR suggestion... + Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 18:26:36 -0500 (EST) + + What I would like to do is: + + foo my.tar.gz | tar -xzOf - | tar -cMf - -L 650000 - | bar + + where 'foo' is a program that retrieves the archive and streams it + to stdout and bar is a program that streams the stdin to CDR. + + (http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-05/msg00022.html) + + +* Copyright notice + + Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + This file is part of GNU tar. + + GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) + any later version. + + GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, + Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. + + +Local variables: +mode: outline +paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$" +end: |