X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=d5bec6c2a1a07a1117817aa5421fdead3944a092;hb=13617c42d896aa66178d914d744d2d42fb988248;hp=ab0e977a7c3809036d487d7cb4fea3c8acba8ab4;hpb=3aa399bca996d0c17708364c42588ef0ae9ce448;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/README b/README index ab0e977..d5bec6c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,9 +1,18 @@ -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 . +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 . + +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