GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes.
-Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-version 1.12.lfs.2 - Paul Eggert, 1998-02.
+version 1.12.lfs.3 - Paul Eggert, 1998-08.
This version is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to Large File
Summit (LFS) environments like Solaris 2.6 that rely on integer system
-GNU `tar' 1.12.lfs.2 is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to Large
+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
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