From: Sergey Poznyakoff Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 19:20:48 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Fix NEWS X-Git-Tag: release_1_29~31 X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5dd490e7f1b2460e01e6f37fd8e48e69ee117eb9;p=debian%2Ftar Fix NEWS --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d2cb0752..4885a489 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -16,12 +16,20 @@ it is treated as tar command line option. Use the --verbatim-files-from option to disable this special handling. This facilitates the use of tar with file lists created automatically -(e.g. by file(1) command). +(e.g. by find(1) command). This option affects all --files-from options that occur after it in the command line. Its effect is reverted by the --no-verbatim-files-from option. +* --null option reads file names verbatim + +The --null option implies --verbatim-files-from. I.e. each line +read from null-delimited file lists is treated as a file name. + +This restores the documented behavior, which was broken in version +1.27. + * New options: --owner-map=FILE and --group-map=FILE These two options provide fine-grained control over what user/group @@ -40,14 +48,6 @@ NEWID is supplied, NEWNAME must also be either a valid name or a +ID. Otherwise, both NEWNAME and NEWID need not be listed in the system user database. -* --null option reads file names verbatim - -The --null option implies --verbatim-files-from. I.e. each line -read from null-delimited file lists is treated as a file name. - -This restores the documented behavior, which was broken in version -1.27. - * Sparse file detection Tar now uses SEEK_DATA/SEEK_HOLE on systems that support it. This