--- /dev/null
+tar (1.21-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream version
+ * update man page to include new and changed commands in 1.21
+ * version the Replaces entry for cpio, closes: #483355
+ * move config.* update to configure target, yields a smaller diff that
+ doesn't clash with git-buildpackage... already had autotools-dev build dep!
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:16:14 -0700
+
+tar (1.20-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream version
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:24:39 -0600
+
+tar (1.19-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * upstream patch to remove error message when updating a non-existing archive
+ * patch from Phil Hands for man page prevents URL splitting, closes: #463215
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:25:33 -0600
+
+tar (1.19-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * patch from Ubuntu to fix FTBFS with gcc-4.3, closes: #452096, #441606
+ * more descriptive short description in control, closes: #406301
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:17:50 -0700
+
+tar (1.19-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream version
+ * no need to deliver license text, as GPL-3 is in common-licenses now
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:47:17 -0600
+
+tar (1.18-3) unstable; urgency=high
+
+ * fix build with gcc-4.3, closes: #441606
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:37:36 +0200
+
+tar (1.18-2) unstable; urgency=high
+
+ * patch from Neil Moore improving the man page, closes: #439916
+ * patch from Justin Pryzby improving the man page, closes: #433553
+ * patch from upstream to fix directory traversal concern on extraction
+ documented in (CVE-2007-4131), closes: #439335
+ * urgency to high since preceding bug has having security implications
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:20:45 +0100
+
+tar (1.18-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream version, closes: #429417, #426808
+ * include COPYING file containing GPLv3 until base-file is updated
+ * fix filename of NEWS.Debian so that it actually gets delivered
+ * patch from Wim De Smet to document --strip in the man page, closes: #417810
+ * patch from upstream CVS to fix --verify on large files, closes: #422718
+ * add suggest of ncompress mirroring suggest of bzip2 to enable optional
+ functionality, closes: #122451
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:52:32 -0600
+
+tar (1.16.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream version, closes: #402179
+ * updated Russian translation from Yuriy Talakan, closes: #411613
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 2 Apr 2007 22:10:24 -0600
+
+tar (1.16-2) unstable; urgency=high
+
+ * patch from Kees Cook via upstream to disable handling of GNUTYPE_NAMES
+ by default and add a new command-line switch --allow-name-mangling to
+ re-enable it, as a fix for directory traversal bug (CVE-2006-6097),
+ closes: #399845
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:19:02 -0700
+
+tar (1.16-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * new upstream version, closes: #376816, #363943, #377124, #377330
+ * fix for buffer overflow in test suite, closes: #377557
+ * force a clean in the tests directory before running the test suite, seems
+ to work around test suite repeatability problems, closes: #377330, #379393
+ * accept patch from Raphael Bossek to zero nanoseconds, closes: #329843
+ * update man page to reflect change in -l definition and other misc changes
+ to options since man page was last updated,
+ closes: #384508, #391718, 361932, #315506
+ * stop delivering upstream README, closes: #323232
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:41:51 -0600
+
+tar (1.15.91-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * add a NEWS.Debian file that communicates the change in wildcard processing
+ * re-institute the patch for filenames that are exactly 100 characters in
+ length originally reported in #230910, closes: #376909
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 6 Jul 2006 19:30:46 -0600
+
+tar (1.15.91-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream version, retrieved from alpha.gnu.org
+ * update date in tar.1, closes: #367290
+ * support rollbacks in maintainer scripts, drop removal of info since this
+ package no longer delivers an info doc, closes: #374461
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:05:21 -0600
+
+tar (1.15.1dfsg-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * revert to upstream auto* products and take a different approach to eliding
+ doc/ contents, since I'm clearly just not smart enough to use auto* tools
+ without breaking more than I fix, closes: #362249
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:18:42 -0600
+
+tar (1.15.1dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * run aclocal and automake to get last reference to doc subdir out of
+ Makefile.in, closes: #361931
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:33:20 +0900
+
+tar (1.15.1dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * remove the documentation source from this package, since it is licensed
+ under the GFDL with invariant cover texts that upstream is unwilling or
+ unable to to remove, closes: #357259
+ * remove install-info call from postinst, since it is no longer relevant
+ * include URL for the online version of the tar documentation in the man page
+ * run make with same env vars set as configure to avoid situation where
+ make re-running configure causes rsh to not be found, etc, closes: #356657
+ * another patch from Goswin to fix test failures on amd64, closes: #354847
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:18:12 +0900
+
+tar (1.15.1-6) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * patch from upstream to fix incorrect listing of a non-existing section as
+ invariant in the GFDL license header, closes: #357259
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:09:14 +0100
+
+tar (1.15.1-5) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * patch from Goswin von Brederlow to sort tar output in test suite to
+ compensate for different file order when ext3 option dir_index is enabled
+ on build system, first seen on amd64 autobuilder, closes: #354847
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:02:13 +0100
+
+tar (1.15.1-4) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * change section from base to utils to resolve override disparity
+ * add build dependency on autoconf, closes: #354194
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:09:21 -0700
+
+tar (1.15.1-3) unstable; urgency=high
+
+ * patch for src/xheader.c suggested by Martin Pitt, to fix exploitable
+ buffer overflow [CVE-2006-0300], closes: #354091, #314805
+ * change default path for rmt in lib/localedir.h to be correct for Debian
+ systems, closes: #319635
+ * updated Italian translation from Marco d'Itri, closes: #286978
+ * patch from Loic Minier fixing wrong matching of file names when special
+ characters are present, closes: #272888
+ * patch suggested by Stephen Frost to convert fatal error to warning when
+ an archive spanning multiple volumes contains a filename longer than
+ 100 characters, closes: #330187
+ * patch from Peter Samuelson to fix hard link handling in the presence
+ of the --strip-components option, closes: #343062
+ * update debhelper compat level to 5
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:02:09 -0600
+
+tar (1.15.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * patch from LaMont to fix gcc-4.0 error in the test suite,
+ closes: #308815, #310830
+ * patch for de.po from Jens Seidel, closes: #313900
+ * fix amanda upstream URL in the info pages, closes: #310158
+ * patch from NIIBE Yutaka to support cross builds, closes: #283723
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:42:40 -0600
+
+tar (1.15.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream version, closes: #292255, #287251, #255067
+ * fetch tests/append.at from CVS since it was omitted from the 1.15.1
+ tarball, and update the regression test invocation in debian/rules
+ * tweaks to man page, closes: #265615
+ * add --libexecdir definition to configure call, closes: #307070, #291068
+ * stop trying to link /sbin/rmt, closes: #287217, #156550
+ * add --owner to man page, closes: #204848
+ * only mention --totals once in man page, closes: #288002
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 8 May 2005 22:41:15 -0600
+
+tar (1.14-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * patch from Paul Eggert that does a better job of eliminating the
+ dependency on (buggy) valloc, closes: #234422, #248897
+ * patch for typo in upstream po/de.po, closes: #154511
+ * switch from dh_installmanpages to dh_installman
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 3 Aug 2004 08:22:17 -0600
+
+tar (1.14-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream version, closes: #252491, #242231
+ * eliminate autoconf and automake build dependencies
+ * fix a bash-ism in the prerm for POSIX shell users
+ * change valloc to malloc when allocating record_start, closes: #234422
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:02:18 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.93-4) unstable; urgency=high
+
+ * patch to stop issuing lone zero block warnings, closes: #235820
+ * patch to clean up hyphenation in man page, closes: #185670
+ * clean up manpage discussion of exclude and exclude-from, closes: #146196
+ * turn on regression tests in the build process
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Apr 2004 15:38:32 -0600
+
+tar (1.13.93-3) unstable; urgency=high
+
+ * patch from upstream converts lone zero block errors to warnings,
+ closes: #235821
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:02:47 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.93-2) unstable; urgency=high
+
+ * recover portion of patch from Ingo Saitz included in 1.13.92-4 that got
+ lost when merging 1.13.93 upstream (argh!), closes: 230910
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 3 Mar 2004 13:22:49 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.93-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream version
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 28 Feb 2004 20:10:13 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.92-5) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * patch from Paul Eggert to revert bogus behavior where POSIXLY_CORRECT
+ set in the environment forced 'pax' format archives, closes: #230872
+ * add a lintian override for rmt's man page, since delivering it as an
+ alternative makes the filename no longer match the script and symlink
+ delivered for the binary
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 15 Feb 2004 16:03:20 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.92-4) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * patch from Ingo Saitz to avoid creating archives with shortnames of 100
+ characters, since it can cause dpkg problems, closes: #230910
+ * fix typo in info page, closes: #222569
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 12 Feb 2004 01:17:10 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.92-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * freshen build dependencies to use automaken
+ * lose /usr/share/info/dir*gz, closes: #230418
+ * reinstate content for mime-support, closes: #111893
+ * implement alternatives for rmt, the version provided with dump will get
+ higher priority than the one in tar since it's better - see #183901
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 2004 16:55:29 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.92-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * patches from CVS to stop stripping './' prefix from filenames, and to fix
+ --no-recursion, closes: #230431, #230434
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 2004 01:11:04 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.92-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream version, closes: #229827
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 30 Jan 2004 02:02:08 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.25-6) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * accept patch from Goswin Brederlow to hard-code RSH definition in rules
+ file, eliminating rsh-client from build deps, closes: #185594, #200042
+ * patch from Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> to fix symlink extraction
+ as empty files, closes: #149532
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:55:42 -0600
+
+tar (1.13.25-5) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * include fresher config.sub/guess, update in debian/rules, closes: #165778
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 22 Oct 2002 16:09:43 -0600
+
+tar (1.13.25-4) unstable; urgency=high
+
+ * apply patch for path vulnerabilities documented in CVE CAN-2002-0399,
+ make urgency high since this is a security issue, closes: #163152
+ * include improved tar.1 man page from Andrew Moise <moise@nauticom.net>
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:16:44 -0600
+
+tar (1.13.25-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * apply patch to the Debian-originated tar manpage from Pedro Zorzenon Neto
+ <pzn@terra.com.br> to clarify the value of using --bzip2 in scripts instead
+ of -j to ensure compatibility with both old and new versions of tar.
+ closes: #142242, #83233
+ * fix capitalization concern in the control file, closes: #125629
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 10 Apr 2002 14:14:40 -0600
+
+tar (1.13.25-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * add a README.Debian that clarifies the situation with respect to 'compress'
+ in Debian and the impact on the -Z and related options, closes: #122336
+ * patch from Mark Eichin to fix archive corruption in special cases, which
+ has been accepted upstream for next release. closes: #126274
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 1 Feb 2002 08:49:26 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.25-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * new upstream version (bug fixes), closes: #113531
+ * start having tar provide rmt, which means conflicting with and replacing
+ cpio versions prior to the cutover, closes: #94257, #90794
+ * make medium urgency, since we really want this and the associated cpio
+ upload to both be in woody!
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 23 Nov 2001 09:20:40 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.22-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * new upstream version, released specifically to help close bugs in woody
+ upstream (Paul Eggert) says:
+ regarding 1.13.22
+ This fixes Debian bug 92106, in addition to the bug fixes I already
+ reported to you for GNU tar 1.13.20 and 1.13.21. It also fixes a
+ core-dump bug for tar 1.13.19 and later, reported to bug-tar.
+ regarding 1.13.21
+ This fixes Debian bug 95984, in addition to the bug fixes I already
+ reported to you for 1.13.20. It also upgrades tar to use gettext
+ 0.10.39.
+ regarding 1.13.20
+ I haven't had time to fix all or even most of the bugs, but I suggest
+ closing out or modifying the following bug reports:
+ 13312 I changed tar to avoid the problem (I hope; I can't test it).
+ 52092 Fixed.
+ 58890 Fixed, I think -- at least, I can't reproduce it now.
+ 65719 Not a bug? last message in that bug report says it works for him.
+ 77664 Not a bug. In that context FOO:BAR means 'file BAR on host FOO'.
+ 78179 Sorry, I don't follow this report. Tar does strip leading '/'s
+ for me.
+ 83458 Fixed.
+ 83735 Fixed.
+ 85400 Fixed for the info page only. The man page is not part of
+ tar-1.13.20.
+ 90794 This partly seems to be a Debian packaging problem; see 94257.
+ 94287 Fixed.
+ 95344 Fixed.
+ 95984 Not fixed in 1.13.20, but will be fixed in next version.
+ 99655 Fixed.
+ 100883 This bug report applies to the Debian distribution only.
+ 100885 Not a bug; see its last message.
+ 105744 Not a bug; see its last message.
+ closes: #92106, #95984, #13312, #52092, #58890, #65719, #77664, #78179
+ closes: #83458, #83735, #94287, #95344, #99655, #100885, #105744
+ * add documentation for --rsh-command to the Debian-provided man page,
+ closes: #85400
+ * fix Debian-provided man page's reference to --exclude, closes: #100883
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 31 Aug 2001 01:13:49 -0600
+
+tar (1.13.19-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream version, -I no longer a valid option, closes: #81556
+ * freshen debian/copyright
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 23 Jan 2001 09:42:13 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.18-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * update (Debian-only, not part of upstream release) man page for tar to
+ reflect change from -I to -j for bzip2 support, closes: #80331
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Dec 2000 14:18:51 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.18-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream version, closes: #57436, #51889
+ * add suggestion for bzip2, closes: #64279
+ * this package is pristine upstream source plus the debian/ directory, so
+ there should be no issues compiling on any platform, closes: #58171
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2000 13:09:44 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.17-2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * reconfigure, recompile to fix compile from source problem, closes: #60824
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:27:16 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.17-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream source from alpha.gnu.org recommended by uptream maintainer
+ Paul Eggert.
+ * this version should handle multibyte encoded filenames, closes: #25140
+ * upstream says the problem reported with -g is unreproducible in this
+ version, closes: #23511
+ * this version excludes sockets when building archives, closes: #51064
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 7 Jan 2000 22:57:34 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.15-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream source from alpha.gnu.org recommended by uptream maintainer
+ Paul Eggert.
+ * update to current policy
+ * can't reproduce problem with remote host access reported in 1.13.11-2,
+ assuming it's fixed, closes: #45647
+ * upstream has not picked up our tar.1 manpage, so we'll try to keep it
+ up to date, closes: #50856
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 3 Dec 1999 13:29:41 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.14-5) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * minor tweaks to clean up our diff, pointed out by the upstream maintainer
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 23 Nov 1999 09:23:56 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.14-4) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * update upstream maintainer and copyright references, etc
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 21 Nov 1999 09:56:26 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.14-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * fix default device in man page, closes: 50856
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 21 Nov 1999 09:45:32 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.14-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * fold in Torsten's work that closes: #50553
+ * upstream folks indicate that $TAPE does not override -f in 1.13.14,
+ closes: #47664
+ * 1.13.14 has an updated man page that closes: #48603
+ * the -X stuff has supposedly been fixed since 1.13.12, closes: #43826
+ * rename upstream ChangeLog to changelog in the Debian package to satisfy
+ lintian/policy
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 20 Nov 1999 22:07:46 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.14-1.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Non maintainer upload.
+ * Moved the AC_LINK_FILES in configure.in inside the if (closes: #50553)
+
+ -- Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org> Sun, 21 Nov 1999 04:25:10 +0100
+
+tar (1.13.14-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream source from alpha.gnu.org recommended by uptream maintainer
+ Paul Eggert.
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 11 Nov 1999 01:56:54 -0700
+
+tar (1.13.11-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * fix error in man page, closes: #44610
+ * patch from upstream that closes: #44827
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 14 Sep 1999 20:58:23 -0600
+
+tar (1.13.11-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream source from alpha.gnu.org recommended by uptream maintainer
+ Paul Eggert.
+ * move to FHS compliance with new debhelper
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 6 Sep 1999 16:49:51 -0600
+
+tar (1.13.6-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * new upstream source from alpha.gnu.org recommended by uptream maintainer
+ Paul Eggert.
+ * bzip2 support is back, now with option '-y' instead of '-I'... rejoice!
+ Closes: #42428, #42562, #42572, #42661, #42772
+ * Paul claims that the -X option is fixed again, Closes: #42552
+ * add mime-support goo, Closes: #26706
+ * close bug reports I forgot to close last time, Closes: #33134, #37659
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Aug 1999 09:20:48 -0600
+
+tar (1.13-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * include more docs in /usr/doc/tar, closes 33134
+ * minor tweak to tar.1, closes 37659
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 2 Aug 1999 00:48:44 -0600
+
+tar (1.13-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * back out hacks we had made to 1.12 that seem to be causing problems in
+ 1.13, getting essentially to pristine 1.13 source plus debian control files
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 2 Aug 1999 00:26:49 -0600
+
+tar (1.13-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * new upstream source
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 1 Aug 1999 23:33:29 -0600
+
+tar (1.12-9) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * fix some issues with the contest of the po directory in my CVS repository
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 1 Aug 1999 18:02:35 -0600
+
+tar (1.12-8) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * update to handle changes in automake
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:15:15 -0600
+
+tar (1.12-7) frozen unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * merge new version of Italian translation, closes 30284
+ * merge README.debian with copyright, closes 22370
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Jan 1999 23:56:47 -0700
+
+tar (1.12-6) frozen unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * update manpage to document -I, closes 21224
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 17 Apr 1998 23:37:02 -0600
+
+tar (1.12-5) frozen unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * fix for erroneous time reports from --totals from Rob Browning,
+ closes 18345
+ * add --numeric-owner to man page, closes 20801
+ * add some examples to the man page, closes 20290
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Apr 1998 00:30:17 -0600
+
+tar (1.12-4) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * move from debmake to debhelper
+ * address lintian error reports
+ * apply patch from amanda distribution to fix read errors on sparse files.
+ This should close 16694.
+ * updated dds2tar patch to restore proper operation of 'v' option. This was
+ causing corrupted archives when stdout was used. Closes 17857, 17916.
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 9 Feb 1998 23:52:05 -0700
+
+tar (1.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * apply patch to support dds2tar-2.4.15, closes bug 10774
+ * apply patch to support use of bzip2, closes bugs 16280, 17221
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 4 Feb 1998 04:05:43 -0700
+
+tar (1.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * libc6
+ * Folded in some of Michael Dorman's changes for alpha, which are really
+ libc6 changes. Closes bug 8823.
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 00:13:00 -0600
+
+tar (1.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream version.
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 25 Apr 1997 21:15:44 -0600
+
+tar (1.11.8-11) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * back out the change made for 1.11.8-8, since it isn't really effective,
+ and caused several folks grief. Closes bug 8040.
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 18 Mar 1997 01:38:10 -0700
+
+tar (1.11.8-10) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * rework debian/rules for CFLAGS as per policy. Closes bug 8065.
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:22:50 -0700
+
+tar (1.11.8-9) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * debmake shoved a man page for a porting utility (ansi2knr) that
+ is in the tar source tree into the package. Fixes bug 7408.
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 27 Feb 1997 01:30:56 -0700
+
+tar (1.11.8-8) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * patch from the net for a quasi-security issue. changes the behavior
+ during extracts, so that tar won't create inappropriate setuid files
+ from nonexistent users.
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 6 Feb 1997 23:06:17 -0700
+
+tar (1.11.8-7) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * updated to current package standards
+ * patch from the net that fixes sporadic multi-vol seg faults
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 17 Nov 1996 19:37:43 -0700
+
+Fri May 24 08:05:55 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
+
+ * fold in changes from 1.11.9 configure.in so that we properly
+ recognize that it's ok to build 'rmt'
+ * administrivia
+
+Sun Apr 14 21:50:21 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
+
+ * add architecture and section fields to the control file
+ * add a man page to squelch the frequent bug reports
+
+Wed Dec 27 00:29:37 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
+
+ * fixed a null pointer dereference when the username on a remote
+ tape reference was omitted... this closes several essentially
+ duplicate bug reports about segmentation violation core dumps.
+
+Sun Dec 3 01:13:19 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
+
+ * ELF build
+ * add libc5 dependency
+ * new maintainer
+
+Local variables:
+mode: debian-changelog
+End:
--- /dev/null
+.\" @(#)tar.1 1.11.1 93/19/22 PJV;
+.TH TAR 1 "24 Feb 2009"
+.SH NAME
+tar \- The GNU version of the tar archiving utility
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B tar
+[
+.B \-
+]
+.B A \-\-catenate \-\-concatenate \||\| c \-\-create \||\| d \-\-diff \-\-compare \||\| \-\-delete \||\| r \-\-append \||\| t \-\-list \||\| u \-\-update \||\| x \-\-extract \-\-get
+.I [ options ]
+.I pathname [ pathname ... ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.LP
+This manual page documents the GNU version of
+.B tar
+, an archiving program designed to store and extract files from
+an archive file known as a
+.IR tarfile.
+A
+.IR tarfile
+may be made on a tape drive, however, it is also common
+to write a
+.IR tarfile
+to a normal file.
+The first argument to
+.B tar
+must be one of the options:
+.BR Acdrtux ,
+followed by any optional functions.
+The final arguments to
+.B tar
+are the names of the files or directories which should be archived. The use
+of a directory name always implies that the subdirectories below should be
+included in the archive.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.TP
+.B tar \-xvvf foo.tar
+extract foo.tar
+.TP
+.B tar \-xvvzf foo.tar.gz
+extract gzipped foo.tar.gz
+.TP
+.B tar \-cvvf foo.tar foo/
+tar contents of folder foo in foo.tar
+.SH "FUNCTION LETTERS"
+.TP
+.B One of the following options must be used:
+.TP
+.B \-A, \-\-catenate, \-\-concatenate
+append tar files to an archive
+.TP
+.B \-c, \-\-create
+create a new archive
+.TP
+.B \-d, \-\-diff, \-\-compare
+find differences between archive and file system
+.TP
+.B \-\-delete
+delete from the archive (not for use on mag tapes!)
+.TP
+.B \-r, \-\-append
+append files to the end of an archive
+.TP
+.B \-t, \-\-list
+list the contents of an archive
+.TP
+.B \-u, \-\-update
+only append files that are newer than copy in archive
+.TP
+.B \-x, \-\-extract, \-\-get
+extract files from an archive
+.SH "OTHER OPTIONS"
+.TP
+.B \-\-allow\-name\-mangling
+re-enable handling of GNUTYPE_NAMES which is now disabled by default
+.TP
+.B \-\-anchored
+force exclusion patterns to match initial subsequences
+.TP
+.B \-\-atime\-preserve
+don't change access times on dumped files
+.TP
+.B \-a, \-\-auto\-compress
+with \-\-create, selects compression algorithm basing on the suffix
+of the archive file name
+.TP
+.B \-b, \-\-blocking\-factor N
+use record size of Nx512 bytes (default N=20)
+.TP
+.B \-B, \-\-read\-full\-records
+reblock as we read (for reading 4.2BSD pipes)
+.TP
+.B \-\-backup[\=TYPE]
+back up files instead of overwriting (TYPE=numbered, existing, simple)
+.TP
+.B \-C, \-\-directory DIR
+change to directory DIR
+.TP
+.B \-\-checkpoint
+print periodic checkpoints
+.TP
+.B \-\-checkpoint\-action
+this action allows to specify an action to be executed upon hitting a
+checkpoint. Recognized actions are: dot, echo (the default),
+echo\=string, ttyout\=string, exec\=cmdline, and sleep\=value. Any number
+of `\-\-checkpoint\-action' options can be specified, the actions will be
+executed in order of their appearance in the command line.
+.TP
+.B \-\-check\-device
+enables comparing device numbers. This is the default.
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-check\-device
+disables comparing device numbers during preparatory stage of an
+incremental dump.
+This allows to avoid creating full dumps if the device numbers change
+(e.g. when using an LVM snapshot)
+.TP
+.B \-\-exclude=PATTERN
+exclude files matching PATTERN
+.TP
+.B \-f, \-\-file [HOSTNAME:]F
+use archive file or device F (otherwise value of TAPE environment variable; if unset, "\-", meaning stdin/stdout)
+.TP
+.B \-F, \-\-info\-script F, \-\-new\-volume\-script F
+run script at end of each tape (implies \-M)
+.TP
+.B \-\-force\-local
+archive file is local even if it has a colon
+.TP
+.B \-G, \-\-incremental
+create/list/extract old GNU-format incremental backup
+.TP
+.B \-g, \-\-listed\-incremental F
+create/list/extract new GNU-format incremental backup
+.TP
+.B \-\-group G
+set group to G while adding files
+.TP
+.B \-h, \-\-dereference
+don't dump symlinks; dump the files they point to
+.TP
+.B \-\-hard\-dereference
+during archive creation, dereferences hard links and stores the files
+they refer to, instead of creating usual hard link members (type '1')
+.TP
+.B \-\-help
+print help message
+.TP
+.B \-i, \-\-ignore\-zeros
+ignore blocks of zeros in archive (normally mean EOF)
+.TP
+.B \-\-ignore\-case
+ignore case when excluding files
+.TP
+.B \-\-ignore\-failed\-read
+don't exit with non-zero status on unreadable files
+.TP
+.B \-j, \-\-bzip2
+filter archive through bzip2, use to decompress .bz2 files.
+WARNING: some previous versions of tar used option \-I to
+filter through bzip2. When writing scripts, use \-\-bzip2
+instead of \-j so that both older and newer tar versions
+will work.
+.TP
+.B \-k, \-\-keep\-old\-files
+keep existing files; don't overwrite them from archive
+.TP
+.B \-K, \-\-starting\-file F
+begin at file F in the archive
+.TP
+.B \-J, \-\-lzma
+selects LZMA compression algorithm
+.TP
+.B \-l, \-\-check\-links
+print a message if not all links are dumped
+.TP
+.B \-L, \-\-tape\-length N
+change tapes after writing N*1024 bytes
+.TP
+.B \-\-lzop
+filter the archive through lzop
+.TP
+.B \-m, \-\-touch
+don't extract file modified time
+.TP
+.BI \-\-transform " expr"
+applies filename transformations.
+The argument to this option can be a list of replace expressions, separated
+by semicolon (as in `sed').
+Filename transformations are applied to symbolic link targets during both
+creation and extraction.
+This option may be specified any number of
+times, the specified transofrmations will be applied in turn.
+.TP
+.B \-M, \-\-multi\-volume
+create/list/extract multi-volume archive
+.TP
+.B \-\-mode M
+set permissions to M while adding files
+.TP
+.B \-N, \-\-after\-date DATE, \-\-newer DATE
+only store files newer than DATE
+.TP
+.B \-\-newer\-mtime DATE
+only store files whose contents have changed after DATE
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-anchored
+allow exclusion patterns to match any substring (the default)
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-auto\-compress
+Cancels the effect of previous \-\-auto\-compress options
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-ignore\-case
+match patterns case sensitively (the default)
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-null
+cancels the effect of previous \-\-null option
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-recursion
+do not recurse into subdirectories
+.TP
+.B \-o, \-\-no\-same\-owner
+extract files with owner set to current user (the default for non-root
+users)
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-same\-permissions
+apply umask to extracted files (the default for non-root users)
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-wildcards
+do not use wildcards when excluding files
+.TP
+.B \-\-no\-wildcards\-match\-slash
+don't let wildcards match "/" when excluding files
+.TP
+.B \-\-null
+for \-T, use "NUL" instead of newline as filename terminator
+.TP
+.B \-\-numeric\-owner
+always use numbers for user/group names
+.TP
+.B \-\-old\-archive, \-\-portability
+write a V7 format archive, rather than ANSI format. These options are
+deprecated, please use
+.B \-\-format\=v7
+instead.
+.TP
+.B \-\-one\-file\-system
+stay in local file system when creating an archive
+.TP
+.B \-\-owner O
+set owner to O while adding files
+.TP
+.B \-O, \-\-to\-stdout
+extract files to standard output
+.TP
+.B \-p, \-\-same\-permissions, \-\-preserve\-permissions
+ignore umask when extracting files (the default for root)
+.TP
+.B \-P, \-\-absolute\-names
+don't strip leading `/'s from file names
+.TP
+.B \-\-posix
+create POSIX compliant archive. This option is deprecated,
+please use
+.B \-\-format\=posix
+instead.
+.TP
+.B \-\-preserve
+like \-p \-s
+.TP
+.B \-R, \-\-block\-number
+show block number within archive with each message
+.TP
+.B \-\-record\-size SIZE
+use SIZE bytes per record
+.TP
+.B \-\-recursion
+recurse into directories (the default)
+.TP
+.B \-\-recursive\-unlink
+remove existing directories before extracting directories of the same
+name
+.TP
+.B \-\-remove\-files
+remove files after adding them to the archive
+.TP
+.B \-\-rsh\-command=CMD
+Use remote COMMAND instead of `rsh'. This option exists so that
+people who use something other than the standard `rsh' (e.g., a
+Kerberized `rsh') can access a remote device.
+.TP
+.B \-S, \-\-sparse
+handle sparse files efficiently
+.TP
+.B \-s, \-\-same\-order, \-\-preserve\-order
+list of names to extract is sorted to match archive
+.TP
+.B \-\-same\-owner
+extract files with owner as specified in archive (the default for
+root)
+.TP
+.B \-\-show\-omitted\-dirs
+mention directories that are being skipped over
+.TP
+.BI \-\-strip\-components " n"
+Strip the given number of leading directory components
+.TP
+.B \-\-strip, \-\-strip\-components N
+Strips the first N components from archive members' pathnames when
+unpacking.
+.TP
+.B \-\-suffix SUFFIX
+append SUFFIX to make backup files (default ~)
+.TP
+.B \-T, \-\-files\-from F
+get names to extract or archive from file F
+.TP
+.B \-\-totals
+display total bytes written after creating an archive
+.TP
+.B \-U, \-\-unlink\-first
+unlink & recreate files instead of overwriting
+.TP
+.B \-\-use\-compress\-program PROG
+filter the archive through PROG (which must accept \-d)
+.TP
+.B \-v, \-\-verbose
+verbosely list files processed
+.TP
+.B \-V, \-\-label NAME
+create archive with volume name NAME
+.TP
+.B \-\-version
+print tar program version number
+.TP
+.B \-\-volno\-file F
+keep track of current volume (of a multi-volume archive) in F
+.TP
+.B \-w, \-\-interactive, \-\-confirmation
+ask for confirmation for every action
+.TP
+.B \-W, \-\-verify
+attempt to verify the archive after writing it
+.TP
+.B \-\-wildcards
+use wildcards when excluding files (the default)
+.TP
+.B \-\-wildcards\-match\-slash
+allow wildcards to match "/" (the default)
+.TP
+.B \-X, \-\-exclude\-from=FILE
+exclude files matching patterns listed in FILE
+.TP
+.B \-Z, \-\-compress, \-\-uncompress
+filter the archive through compress
+.TP
+.B \-z, \-\-gzip, \-\-gunzip, \-\-ungzip
+filter the archive through gzip
+.TP
+.B \-[0\-7][lmh]
+specify drive and density
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+The behavior of tar is controlled by the following environment variables,
+among others:
+.TP
+.B TAPE
+Device or file to use for the archive if \fB--file\fR is not specified.
+If this environment variable is unset, use stdin or stdout instead.
+.TP
+.B TAR_OPTIONS
+Options to prepend to those specified on the command line, separated by
+whitespace. Embedded backslashes may be used to escape whitespace or
+backslashes within an option.
+.LP
+In addition, the value of the blocking factor is made available to info
+and checkpoint scripts via environment variable
+.B TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR.
+.SH BUGS
+.LP
+The GNU folks, in general, abhor man pages, and create info documents instead.
+Unfortunately, the info document describing tar is licensed under the GFDL with
+invariant cover texts, which violates the Debian Free Software Guidelines. As
+a result, the info documentation for tar is not included in the Debian package.
+
+If you want to read the complete documentation for GNU tar, please refer to
+the online version at
+.PP
+.ce 1
+<http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/index.html>
+.PP
+This man page was created for the Debian distribution. It does not describe
+all of the functionality of tar, and it is often out of date. Patches to
+improve the coverage and/or accuracy of this man page are appreciated, and
+should be filed as wishlist severity bugs against the Debian tar package,
+not submitted to the GNU tar maintainers.