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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77358bd --- /dev/null +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -0,0 +1,236 @@ +2024-01-03 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.25 released. + * New option '--ignore-metadata. + * create.cc, decode.cc, decode_lz.cc: + '#include <sys/types.h>' for major, minor, makedev on BSD systems. + * compress.cc: Reformat file diagnostics as 'PROGRAM: FILE: MESSAGE'. + (compress_archive): Create missing intermediate directories. + * configure, Makefile.in: New variable 'MAKEINFO'. + +2023-09-20 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.24 released. + * decode.cc (decode), common_decode.cc (check_skip_filename): + Make option '-C' position-dependent also for diff and extract. + (Reported by Devon Sean McCullough). + * create.cc (encode): Deduct '--uncompressed' from archive name ext. + * compress.cc (show_atpos_error): New function showing errno msg. + (compress_archive): Exit with error status 2 if archive is empty. + * Limit the size of a header set (extended+ustar) to INT_MAX. + * check.sh: Fix '--diff' test on OS/2 again. (Reported by Elbert Pol). + +2022-09-23 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.23 released. + * Create and decode the extended records 'atime' and 'mtime'. + * Create and decode the extended records 'uid' and 'gid'. + * New option '--ignore-overflow'. + * Refuse to read/write archive data from/to a terminal. + (Reported by DustDFG). + * main.cc (parse_mtime): Make time of day 'HH:MM:SS' optional. + Accept both space and 'T' as separator between date and time. + (show_option_error): New function showing argument and option name. + * decode.cc (extract_member): Diagnose intermediate directory failure. + Failure to extract a member is no longer fatal. + * decode_lz.cc: Make diagnostics identical to serial decoder. + * common_decode.cc (format_member_name): Improve column alignment. + * create.cc (fill_headers): Improve diagnostic when stat reports a + wrong st_size for a symbolic link. (Reported by Jason Lenz). + Change diagnostic "File is the archive" to "Archive can't contain + itself" following a similar change made by Paul Eggert to GNU tar. + * Don't show "Removing leading '/' from member names." if excluded. + * tarlz.texi: Change GNU Texinfo category from 'Data Compression' + to 'Archiving' to match that of GNU tar. + Use 'end-of-archive' (EOA) instead of 'end-of-file' (EOF). + * main.cc (show_help), tarlz.texi: List operations before options. + * Many small improvements have been made to code and documentation. + +2022-01-05 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.22 released. + * main.cc (getnum): Show option name and valid range if error. + (check_lib): Check that LZ_API_VERSION and LZ_version_string match. + (main): Report an error if -o is used with any operation except -z. + * configure: Set variable LIBS. + +2021-06-14 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.21 released. + * Lzlib 1.12 or newer is now required. + * decode.cc (decode): Skip members without name except when listing. + decode_lz.cc (dworker): Likewise. (Reported by Florian Schmaus). + * New options '-z, --compress' and '-o, --output'. + * New option '--warn-newer'. + * tarlz.texi (Invoking tarlz): Document concatenation to stdout. + * check.sh: Fix the '--diff' test on OS/2. (Reported by Elbert Pol). + +2021-01-08 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.19 released. + * extended.cc: Print a diagnostic for each unknown keyword found. + * tarlz.h: Add a missing '#include <sys/types.h>' for 'mode_t'. + +2020-11-21 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.18 released. + * main.cc: New option '--check-lib'. + * Implement multi-threaded '-x, --extract'. + * Don't #include <sys/sysmacros.h> when compiling on OS2. + * delete.cc, delete_lz.cc: Use Archive_reader. + * extract.cc: Rename to decode.cc. + * tarlz.texi: New section 'Limitations of multi-threaded extraction'. + +2020-07-30 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.17 released. + * New option '--mtime'. + * New option '-p, --preserve-permissions'. + * Implement multi-threaded '-d, --diff'. + * list_lz.cc: Rename to decode_lz.cc. + * main.cc (main): Report an error if a file name is empty or if the + archive is specified more than once. + * lzip_index.cc: Improve messages for corruption in last header. + * Don't #include <sys/sysmacros.h> when compiling on BSD. + * tarlz.texi: New chapter 'Internal structure of tarlz'. + +2019-10-08 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.16 released. + * extract.cc (extract_member): Fix call order of chown, chmod. + * delete_lz.cc (delete_members_lz): Return 2 if collective member. + * main.cc: Set a valid invocation_name even if argc == 0. + * #include <sys/sysmacros.h> unconditionally. + * tarlz.texi: New chapter 'Portable character set'. + +2019-04-11 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.15 released. + * New option '--delete' (from uncompressed and --no-solid archives). + * list_lz.cc: Fix MT listing of archives with format violations. + +2019-03-12 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.14 released. + * New option '--exclude'. + * New option '-h, --dereference'. + * Short option name '-h' no longer means '--help'. + * create.cc: Implement '-A, --concatenate' and '-r, --append' to + uncompressed archives and to standard output. + * main.cc: Port option '--out-slots' from plzip. + +2019-02-27 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.13 released. + * create_lz.cc (cworker): Fix skipping of unreadable files. + * list_lz.cc: Fix listing of archives containing empty lzip members. + * create.cc (fill_headers): Store negative mtime as cero. + +2019-02-22 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.12 released. + * create.cc (fill_headers): Fix use of st_rdev instead of st_dev. + * Save just numerical uid/gid if user or group not in database. + * extract.cc (format_member_name): Print devmajor and devminor. + * New option '-d, --diff'. + * New option '--ignore-ids'. + * extract.cc: Fast '-t, --list' on seekable uncompressed archives. + +2019-02-13 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.11 released. + * extract.cc (archive_read): Fix endless loop with empty lz file. + * Implement multi-threaded '-c, --create' and '-r, --append'. + * '--bsolid' is now the default compression granularity. + * create.cc (remove_leading_dotslash): Remember more than one prefix. + * tarlz.texi: New chapter 'Minimum archive sizes'. + +2019-01-31 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.10 released. + * New option '--bsolid'. + * New option '-B, --data-size'. + * create.cc: Set ustar name to zero if extended header is used. + +2019-01-22 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.9 released. + * Implement multi-threaded '-t, --list'. + * New option '-n, --threads'. + * Recognize global pax headers. Ignore them for now. + * strtoul has been replaced with length-safe parsers. + * tarlz.texi: New chapter 'Limitations of parallel tar decoding'. + +2018-12-16 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.8 released. + * New option '--anonymous' (--owner=root --group=root). + * extract.cc (decode): 'tarlz -xf foo ./bar' now extracts 'bar'. + * create.cc: Set to zero most fields in extended headers. + * tarlz.texi: New chapter 'Amendments to pax format'. + +2018-11-23 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.7 released. + * New option '--keep-damaged'. + * New option '--no-solid'. + * create.cc (archive_write): Minimize dictionary size. + Detect and skip archive in '-A', '-c', and '-r'. + * main.cc (show_version): Show the version of lzlib being used. + +2018-10-19 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.6 released. + * New option '-A, --concatenate'. + * Option '--ignore-crc' replaced with '--missing-crc'. + * create.cc (add_member): Check that uid, gid, mtime, devmajor, + and devminor are in ustar range. + * configure: Accept appending to CXXFLAGS; 'CXXFLAGS+=OPTIONS'. + * Makefile.in: Use tarlz in target 'dist'. + +2018-09-29 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.5 released. + * Implement simplified POSIX pax format. + * Implement CRC32-C (Castagnoli) of the extended header data. + * New option '--ignore-crc'. + * Add missing #includes for major, minor and makedev. + * tarlz.texi: Document the new archive format. + +2018-04-23 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.4 released. + * Add some missing #includes. + * main.cc: Open files in binary mode on OS2. + +2018-03-19 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.3 released. + * Rename project to 'tarlz' from 'pmtar' (Poor Man's Tar). + * New option '-C, --directory'. + * Implement lzip compression of members at archive creation. + * New option '-r, --append'. + * New options '--owner' and '--group'. + * New options '--asolid', '--dsolid', and '--solid'. + * Implement file appending to compressed archive. + * Implement transparent decompression of the archive. + * Implement skipping over damaged (un)compressed members. + * Implement recursive extraction/listing of directories. + * Implement verbose extract/list output. + * tarlz.texi: New file. + +2014-01-22 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio@gnu.org> + + * Version 0.2 released. + * configure: Options now accept a separate argument. + +2013-02-16 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 0.1 released. + + +Copyright (C) 2013-2024 Antonio Diaz Diaz. + +This file is a collection of facts, and thus it is not copyrightable, +but just in case, you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute, and +modify it. |