X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=d5bec6c2a1a07a1117817aa5421fdead3944a092;hb=971cfed8d94bbc558f5cb204c45967cc7b605a1f;hp=8ce078b74f78ac3c9c750bb25d2a9e886c105cea;hpb=6cd816fc83f03e864d950958cd1c90ace3718b4a;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/README b/README index 8ce078b..d5bec6c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -GNU `tar' 1.12.lfs.3 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, and fixes some other well-known bugs in GNU tar 1.12.