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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/NEWS b/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/NEWS deleted file mode 100644 index 2648c84..0000000 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/NEWS +++ /dev/null @@ -1,55 +0,0 @@ - -Major changes in version 2.3: - -* in newc and crc format archives, only store 1 copy of multiply linked files -* handle multiply linked devices properly -* handle multiply linked files with cpio -pl even when the source and - destination are on different file systems -* support HPUX Context Dependent Files -* read and write HPUX cpio archives -* read System V.4 POSIX tar archives and HPUX POSIX tar archives -* use rmdir, instead of unlink, to delete existing directories - -Major changes in version 2.2: - -* handle link counts correctly when reading binary cpio archives -* configure checks for some libraries that SVR4 needs - -Major changes in version 2.1: - -* cpio can access remote non-device files as well as remote devices -* fix bugs in the MS-DOS port -* add --swap equivalent to -b option - -Version 2.0 adds the following features: - -Support for the SVR4 cpio formats, which can store inodes >65535, and -for traditional and POSIX tar archives. Also adds these options: - --A --append append to instead of replacing the archive --V --dot print a dot for each file processed --H --format select archive format --C --io-size select I/O block size in bytes --M --message print a message at end of media volumes ---no-preserve-owner don't change files' owners when extracting --R --owner set files' owners when extracting --E --pattern-file list of shell filename patterns to process --s --swap-bytes handle byte-order differences when extracting files --S --swap-halfwords ditto --b like -sS --I input archive filename --k recognize corrupted archives (we alawys do it, though) --O output archive filename - -Some options of previous versions have been renamed in 2.0: - ---binary was replaced by --format=bin ---portability was replaced by --format=odc - -Some options have changed meaning in 2.0, for SVR4 compatibility: - --O used to select the binary archive format, now selects the output file --V used to print the version number, now prints a dot for each file - -Version 2.0 also fixes several bugs in the handling of files with -multiple links and of multi-volume archives on floppy disks. |
