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RE: ITP: libtar - c library for manipulating tar archives



> e.g. The definition of the age field in -version-info
> current:revision:age
> 
> age
> The difference between the newest and oldest interfaces that this
> library implements. In other words, the library implements all the
> interface numbers in the range from number current - age to current.

Age indicates how many revisions of the library have been upwards
compatible. If you are at revision 7 and still have all the interfaces from
revision 6 unchanged, and 6 had the same for 5, and ... 4 for 3, then age is
7 - 3 = 4.

YA



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