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From:
Jos I. Boumans
Date:
December 13, 2008 09:08
Subject:
[PATCH] Update Archive::Tar to 1.42
Message ID:
5B9B0070-0F59-4182-BF11-3A27487B15F3@dwim.org
Greetings,

attached is the patch to update Archive::Tar to 1.42. Previously, the
file t/99_pod.t has been removed afterwards, only to be re-included in
a later patch. For clarity, this test is skipped under PERL_CORE:

   plan skip_all => "Pod tests disabled under perl core" if $ENV 
{PERL_CORE};

However, patch generation (and completeness) is much easier if we can  
include
all test files from the CPAN distribution into core. So if there's no  
objection,
please apply the attached patch including the t/99_pod.t section.

Below is the changelog for this release, which includes patches for  
the VMS
issues as reported by Craig and John:

* important changes in version 1.42 13/12/2008:
- Address #40426: Archive Tar to support direct Archive::Tar::File adds
   It is now possible to add Archive::Tar::File objects via $tar- 
 >add_files
- Address #40016 (Archive::Tar assumes $> won't change): CAN_CHOWN is  
now a
   dynamic check upon extraction. This allows scripts to drop  
privileges when
   desired
- Address take 2 of #39933: [PATCH] handle ../ directory name on VMS
   John M. sent in a better way to do directory name translation.

Cheers,

--

	Jos Boumans

	"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority,
	it is time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain



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