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-GNU `tar' 1.12.lfs.1 is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to Large
-File Summit (LFS) environments like Solaris 2.6 that rely on integer
+This is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to large
+file environments like Solaris 2.6 and HP-UX 10.20 that rely on integer
 system types longer than `long'.  Ordinary GNU `tar' 1.12 cannot handle
 files larger than 2 GB when compiled in such environments.  This port
-addresses that problem.  Please send bug reports specific to this
-unofficial version of GNU `tar' to <eggert@twinsun.com>.
+addresses that problem, and fixes some other well-known bugs in GNU tar 1.12.
+Please send bug reports specific to this unofficial version of GNU `tar'
+to <eggert@twinsun.com>.
+
+This is not intended to be a forked release for GNU tar; it's
+just an interim experimental release, mostly intended for
+Large File Summit hosts like Solaris 2.6.  The patches of this
+release have all been submitted via the usual channels and
+they should no longer be needed once the next official release
+of GNU tar is out.
+
 
 Please glance through *all* sections of this
 `README' file before starting configuration.  Also make sure you read files