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 GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes.
 Copyright © 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-version 1.12.64009 - Paul Eggert, 1999-03-20.
+version 1.12.64010 - Paul Eggert, 1999-03-22.
 
 This is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to large file
 environments like AIX 4.2, HP-UX 10.20, IRIX 6.2, and Solaris 2.6 that