Uploaded tar 1.12-1 (source i386) to master

[(Bdale Garbee) <bdale@gag.com>]

There has *finally* been a public release of a new version of GNU tar.  This
version is substantially updated from the 1.11.8 code base that Debian tar has
been built upon for a long time.  I would appreciate if developers who maintain
packages that depend on tar functionality would please install this new
version soon and provide feedback (through the bug system) if there are any
problems.

Followin are the release notes from the upstream maintainer.  At the end of
this message is the signed changes file for the i386 binary package.  I'll
upload an alpha binary shortly.

Bdale


There have been many internal changes since 1.11.8.  If the bug reports we
receive warrant it, version 1.13 might be released only a few weeks after
1.12 (but hopefully not :-).  Many problems and suggestions are still
pending, see file `BACKLOG'.  Send reports to <tar-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.


Here are the user visible changes since the last official version:

Sensitive matters
* Use shell globbing patterns for --label, instead of regular expressions.
* Do not quote anymore internally over the quoting done by the shell.

Output for humans
* Offer internationalisation capabilities of most recent GNU gettext.
* Messages available in many more languages, thanks to all translators!
* Usage of ISO 8601 dates in listings, instead of local American dates.
* More normalisation and cleanup in error messages.

Creation
* For helping using tar with find, offer a --no-recursion option.
* Implement --numeric-owner for ignoring symbolic names at create time.
* New --owner, --group --mode options, still preliminary.
* Recognise creating an archive on /dev/null, so Amanda works faster.
* Object to the creation of an empty archive (like in `tar cf FILE').
* Barely start implementing --posix and POSIXLY_CORRECT.

Extraction
* Make a better job at restoring file and directory attributes.
* Automatically attempt deleting existing files when in the way.
* Option --unlink-first (-U) removes most files prior to extraction.
* Option --recursive-unlink removes non-empty directories when in the way.
* Option --numeric-owner ignores owner/group names, it uses UID/GID instead.
* Use global umask when creating missing intermediate directories.
* When symlinks are not available, extract symbolic links as hard links.
* Diagnose extraction of contiguous files as regular files.
* New --backup, --suffix and --version-control options.

Various changes
* Better support of huge archives with --tape-length and --totals.
* Rename option --read-full-blocks (-B) to --read-full-records (-B).
* Rename option --block-size (-b) to --blocking-factor (-b).
* Rename option --record-number (-R) to --block-number (-R).
* With --block-number (-R), report null blocks and end of file.
* Implement --record-size for introducing a size in bytes.
* Delete --block-compress option and rather decide it automatically.
* Rename option --modification-time to --touch.

Many bugs are squashed, while others still run free.

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Format: 1.5
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 21:15:44 -0600
Source: tar
Binary: tar
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1.12-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
Description: 
 tar        - GNU tar
Changes: 
 tar (1.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream version.
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