From f8880e297a3ed9c265ba41e61e5fae9fb1914b9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:01:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] doc: NEWS entry for the busybox tar check.

* NEWS: forgot to make NEWS entry.
---
 NEWS | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

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.
+
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 New in 1.18.1 (2025-06-25):
 
-- 
2.47.3