X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=3ef2a61da8faf8c73efc82dedcab0c632a9ae90a;hb=887188311dcce3ce7f5aa71a2065f28329404107;hp=ab0e977a7c3809036d487d7cb4fea3c8acba8ab4;hpb=3aa399bca996d0c17708364c42588ef0ae9ce448;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/README b/README index ab0e977..3ef2a61 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,10 +1,18 @@ -GNU `tar' 1.12.lfs.1 is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to Large +GNU `tar' 1.12.lfs.2 is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to Large File Summit (LFS) environments like Solaris 2.6 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 . +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 `ABOUT-NLS' and `INSTALL' if you are not familiar with them already.