[Dwn-trans-commit] CVS public_html/src/Writing/DWN
CVS User joey
joey at infodrom.org
Mon Jul 17 16:18:29 UTC 2006
Update of /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN
In directory finlandia:/home/users/joey/Projects/Web/public_html/src/Writing/DWN
Modified Files:
dwn-2006-29.wml
Log Message:
New version of tar
--- /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2006-29.wml 2006/07/17 15:58:11 1.15
+++ /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2006-29.wml 2006/07/17 16:18:28 1.16
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
the one on OFTC.</p>
<p><strong>Swap on a logical Volume.</strong> David Härdeman <a
-href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/06/msg00XXX.html">wondered</a>
+href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/06/msg00974.html">wondered</a>
whether to <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/10/msg00842.html">change</a>
LVM packages so that the swap partition is created as a logical volume rather
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@
space to be easily enlarged and shrunk using the regular tools when
needed.</p>
+<p><strong>New Wildcard Behaviour of tar.</strong> Bdale Garbee <a
+href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/06/msg01108.html">explained</a>
+that the new version of <a href="http://packages.debian.org/tar">tar</a>
+incorporates a new behaviour with regards to wildcards passed to the program.
+The upstream developers have altered <code>tar</code> in order to make it
+conforming to the UNIX98 specification and compatible with the original
+version of the utility. The change is documented in detail in a special
+<code>News.Debian</code> file.</p>
+
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