From: Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:01:18 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: doc: NEWS entry for the busybox tar check.
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doc: NEWS entry for the busybox tar check.

* NEWS: forgot to make NEWS entry.
---

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 535f65eff..b798fbbd2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ New in 1.18.2 (????-??-??):
     it otherwise, without making `make dist' fail.  This is for
     systems that intentionally lack some compression tools.
 
+* Bugs fixed
+
+  - Busybox tar no longer assumed to be GNU tar just because it
+    supports --version.
+
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 New in 1.18.1 (2025-06-25):