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-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2026-01-30
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2026-03-10
 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
 version 1.35.90 (git)
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ option.
 ** tar now works better in strict debugging environments that do not
    allow pointer arithmetic to escape from a sub-element of an array.
 
+** tar no longer gives up so easily in deeply nested directory
+   hierarchies when file descriptors are limited.
+
 * Performance improvements
 
 ** Sparse files are now read and written with larger blocksizes.