Version 1.6.1 - 2026-08-19 (stable)
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Notes:
  This release adds PHP 8.6 compatibility. * Update the stale compatible tag
  in package.xml: Archive_Tar could not be installed without --force on any
  PEAR newer than 1.10.10 * PR #61: avoid returning values from __construct()
  and __destruct() * CI: test against PHP 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6

Version 0.3 - 2002-04-13 (stable)
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Notes:
  Windows bugfix: used wrong directory separators

Version 0.2 - 2002-02-18 (stable)
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Notes:
  From initial commit to stable

Version 0.4 - 2002-05-20 (stable)
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Notes:
  Windows bugfix: use forward slashes inside archives

Version 0.9 - 2002-05-27 (stable)
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Notes:
  Auto-detect gzip'ed files

Version 0.10-b1 - 2003-01-08 (beta)
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Notes:
  Add support for long filenames (greater than 99 characters)

Version 1.0 - 2003-01-24 (stable)
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Notes:
  Change status to stable

Version 1.1 - 2003-05-28 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Add support for BZ2 compression * Add support for add and extract without
  using temporary files : methods addString() and extractInString()

Version 1.2 - 2004-05-08 (stable)
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Notes:
  Add support for other separator than the space char and bug correction

Version 1.3.0 - 2005-03-06 (stable)
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Notes:
  Bugs correction (2475, 2488, 2135, 2176)

Version 1.3.1 - 2005-03-17 (stable)
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Notes:
  Correct Bug #3855

Version 1.3.2 - 2007-01-03 (stable)
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Notes:
  Correct Bug #4016 Remove duplicate remove error display with '@' Correct
  Bug #3909 : Check existence of OS_WINDOWS constant Correct Bug #5452 fix
  for "lone zero block" when untarring packages Change filemode (from
  pear-core/Archive/Tar.php v.1.21) Correct Bug #6486 Can not extract
  symlinks Correct Bug #6933 Archive_Tar (Tar file management class)
  Directory traversal Correct Bug #8114 Files added on-the-fly not storing
  date Correct Bug #9352 Bug on _dirCheck function over nfs path

Version 1.3.3 - 2009-03-27 (stable)
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Notes:
  Change the license to New BSD license minor bugfix release * fix Bug #9921
  compression with bzip2 fails [cellog] * fix Bug #11594 _readLongHeader
  leaves 0 bytes in filename [jamessas] * fix Bug #11769 Incorrect symlink
  handing [fajar99]

Version 1.3.4 - 2009-12-30 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #11871: wrong result of ::listContent() if filename begins or
  ends with space [mrook] * Fix Bug #12462: invalid tar magic [mrook] * Fix
  Bug #13918: Long filenames may get up to 511 0x00 bytes appended on read
  [mrook] * Fix Bug #16202: Bogus modification times [mrook] * Implement
  Feature #16212: Die is not exception [mrook]

Version 1.3.5 - 2009-12-31 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #16958: Update 'compatible' tag in package.xml [mrook]

Version 1.3.6 - 2010-03-09 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #16963: extractList can't extract zipped files from big tar
  [mrook] * Implement Feature #4013: Ignoring files and directories on
  creating an archive. [mrook]

Version 1.3.7 - 2010-04-26 (stable)
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Notes:
  PEAR compatibility update

Version 1.3.8 - 2011-10-14 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #17853: Test failure: dirtraversal.phpt [mrook] * Fix Bug #18512:
  dead links are not saved in tar file [mrook] * Fix Bug #18702: Unpacks
  incorrectly on long file names using header prefix [mrook] * Implement
  Feature #10145: Patch to return a Pear Error Object on failure [mrook] *
  Implement Feature #17491: Option to preserve permissions [mrook] *
  Implement Feature #17813: Prevent PHP notice when extracting corrupted
  archive [mrook]

Version 1.3.9 - 2012-02-27 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #16759: No error thrown from missing PHP zlib functions [mrook] *
  Fix Bug #18877: Incorrect handling of backslashes in filenames on Linux
  [mrook] * Fix Bug #19085: Error while packaging [mrook] * Fix Bug #19289:
  Invalid tar file generated [mrook]

Version 1.3.10 - 2012-04-10 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #13361: Unable to add() some files (ex. mp3) [mrook] * Fix Bug
  #19330: Class creates incorrect (non-readable) tar.gz file * [mrook]

Version 1.3.11 - 2013-02-09 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #19746: Broken with PHP 5.5 [mrook] * Implement Feature #11258:
  Custom date/time in files added on-the-fly * [mrook]

Version 1.3.12 - 2014-08-04 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #19964: Memory leaking in Archive_Tar [mrook] * Fix Bug #20246:
  Broken with php 5.5.9 [mrook] * Fix Bug #20275: "pax_global_header" looks
  like a regular file * [mrook] * Implement Feature #19827: pass filename to
  _addFile function - downstream * patch [mrook] * Implement Feature #20132:
  Add custom mode/uid/gid to addString() [mrook]

Version 1.3.13 - 2014-09-02 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #20382: gzopen fix [mrook]

Version 1.3.14 - 2015-02-26 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #18505: Possible incorrect handling of file names in TAR [mrook]

Version 1.3.15 - 2015-03-05 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fixes composer.json parse error

Version 1.3.16 - 2015-04-14 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #20514: invalid package.xml; not installable with pyrus [mrook]

Version 1.4.0 - 2015-07-20 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Add support for PHP 7 * Drop support for PHP 4 * Add visibility
  declarations to methods and properties

Version 1.4.1 - 2015-08-05 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Update composer.json to use pear-core-minimal 1.10.0alpha2

Version 1.4.2 - 2016-02-25 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix reading of archives with files > 8GB * Performance optimizations * Do
  not try to call require_once on PEAR.php if it has already been loaded by
  the autoloader

Version 1.4.3 - 2017-06-11 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #21218: Cannot use result of built-in function in write context
  in PHP 7.2.0alpha1 [mrook]

Version 1.4.4 - 2018-12-20 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #21058: Long symlinks are not supported [mrook] * Fix Bug #23782:
  Prevent phar:// files from being extracted [mrook]

Version 1.4.5 - 2019-01-02 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #23788: Relative symlinks are broken [mrook]

Version 1.4.6 - 2019-02-01 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Improve path traversal detection for forward and backward slashes

Version 1.4.7 - 2019-04-08 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Improved performance by increasing read buffer size

Version 1.4.8 - 2019-10-21 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #23852: PHP 7.4 - Archive_Tar->_readHeader throws deprecation
  [mrook]

Version 1.4.9 - 2019-12-04 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Implement Feature #23861: Add option to disallow symlinks [mrook]

Version 1.4.10 - 2020-09-15 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix block padding when the file buffer length is a multiple of 512 and
  smaller than Archive_Tar buffer length * Don't try to copy
  username/groupname in chroot jail

Version 1.4.11 - 2020-11-19 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #27002: Filename manipulation vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-28948 /
  CVE-2020-28949) [mrook]

Version 1.4.12 - 2021-01-18 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #27008: Symlink out-of-path write vulnerability (CVE-2020-36193)
  [mrook]

Version 1.4.13 - 2021-02-16 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Fix Bug #27010: Relative symlinks failing (out-of path file extraction)
  [mrook]

Version 1.4.14 - 2021-02-16 (stable)
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Notes:
  * Properly fix symbolic link path traversal (CVE-2021-32610)

Version 1.5.0 - 2024-03-16 (stable)
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Notes:
  * PR #42: fix @return true... to @return bool true... on some functions *
  PR #46: use 775 default for mkdirs, to avoid world-write

Version 1.6.0 - 2025-07-19 (stable)
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Notes:
  This release drops support for PHP 5.4 and 5.5. * PR #51: big file support
  * PR #53: Fix return value of _writeBlock * PR #58: Remove
  gzopen/gztell/gzseek shim

Version 1.6.1 - 2026-08-19 (stable)
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Notes:
  This release adds PHP 8.6 compatibility. * Update the stale compatible tag
  in package.xml: Archive_Tar could not be installed without --force on any
  PEAR newer than 1.10.10 * PR #61: avoid returning values from __construct()
  and __destruct() * CI: test against PHP 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6

