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Subject: /usr/bin/tar is out of date
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>Number:         2518
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       /usr/bin/tar is out of date
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jan 17 16:00:01 PST 1997
>Closed-Date:    Mon Mar 29 16:54:34 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:  Mon Mar 29 16:55:46 PST 1999
>Originator:     Josh Gilliam
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT

>Description:

/usr/bin/tar is version 1.11.2, which is out of date. The latest version
is 1.11.8, available at ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/tar-1.11.8.tar.gz

>How-To-Repeat:

$ /usr/bin/tar --version
GNU tar version 1.11.2

>Fix:

commit GNU tar version 1.11.8

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: sheldonh 
State-Changed-When: Mon Mar 29 16:54:34 PST 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
Anyone is welcome to submit a tar-1.11.8 port, with diffs gleaned 
from the tar in the base system. 
>Unformatted:
