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@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ Suggestions for improving GNU tar.
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* Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux.
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* Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux.
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+* Add support for restoring file time stamps to sub-second resolution,
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+ if the file system supports this.
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+* Add support for restoring the attributes of symbolic links, for
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+ OSes like FreeBSD that have the lutimes and lchmod functions.
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* --append should bail out if the two archives are of different types.
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* --append should bail out if the two archives are of different types.
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* Add support for GNU private keywords in POSIX 1003.1-2001 headers,
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* Add support for GNU private keywords in POSIX 1003.1-2001 headers,
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@@ -21,7 +27,7 @@ so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and
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Currently tar prints a warning when this option is used. Sometime
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Currently tar prints a warning when this option is used. Sometime
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in the future its semantics will be changed to that of --check-links.
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in the future its semantics will be changed to that of --check-links.
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In the meanwhile we should announce a phase-in period where "l"
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In the meanwhile we should announce a phase-in period where "l"
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- changes in semantics.
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+ changes in semantics.
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* Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation.
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* Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation.
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@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and
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(http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-05/msg00022.html)
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(http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-05/msg00022.html)
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* Copyright notice
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* Copyright notice
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Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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