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GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes.
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Copyright 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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-version 1.12.64016 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-01.
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+version 1.13 - Paul Eggert, 1999-07-02.
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* Support for large files, e.g. files larger than 2 GB on many 32-bit hosts.
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Also, support for larger uids, device ids, etc.
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-* Many bug fixes.
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-* This release is intended only as a bugfix release. A more ambitious version,
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- with new features, is also available as part of paxutils. Please see:
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+* Many bug fixes and porting fixes.
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+* This release is only for fixes. A more ambitious test release,
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+ with new features, is available as part of the paxutils. Please see:
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http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/paxutils/
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- The bug fixes in this release are intended to be merged with paxutils
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- at some point, but they haven't been merged as of this writing.
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-
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+ The fixes in this release are intended to be merged with paxutils
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+ at some point, but they haven't been merged yet.
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+* An interim GNU tar alpha had new --bzip2 and --ending-file options,
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+ but they have been removed to maintain compatibility with paxutils.
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+ Please try --use=bzip2 instead of --bzip2.
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Version 1.12 - François Pinard, 1997-04.
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Paul Eggert