Re: [Bug-tar] Problems in tar.1

[Paul Eggert]

On 06/12/2018 12:16 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> Note: These patches do not change the modification date of
> any manual page.  You may wish to do that by hand.
>
> ...
> -.TH TAR 1 "March 23, 2016" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
> +.TH TAR 1 "May 15, 2018" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"

The "Note:" is a bit puzzling, as the patch you sent does change the 
modification date. Anyway, thanks for the bug report. I installed the 
following patch and it should fix the problem you mentioned.

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=e81c89ddd6163d0563f5e6cc358ee0ab8bf5021a