[arch-dev-public] [signoff] tar 1.22-1

Andreas Radke a.radke at arcor.de
Sat Mar 7 15:52:26 EST 2009


new version that brings xz-support. please signoff.

-Andy



version 1.22 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2009-03-05

* Support for xz compression

Tar uses xz for compression if one of the following conditions is met: 

 1. The option --xz or -J (see below) is used.
 2. The xz binary is set as compressor using --use-compress-program
 option. 3. The file name of the archive being created ends in `.xz' and
 auto-compress option (-a) is used.

Xz is used for decompression if one of the following conditions is met: 

 1. The option --xz or -J is used.
 2. The xz binary is set as compressor using --use-compress-program
 option. 3. The file is recognized as xz compressed stream data.

* Short option -J reassigned as a short equivalent of --xz

* New option -I

The -I option is assigned as a short equivalent for
--use-compress-program.

* The --no-recursive option works in incremental mode.


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