From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 02:26:25 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Describe changes since 1.12. X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5cff6c76e75280bdd984fa051692af8e6f761e9d;p=chaz%2Ftar Describe changes since 1.12. --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a6f72e7..ee4e66a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,20 +1,17 @@ GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. -Copyright © 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - -version 1.12.64014 - Paul Eggert, 1999-06-25. - -This is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to large file -environments like AIX 4.2, HP-UX 10.20, IRIX 6.2, and Solaris 2.6 that -(among other things) rely on integer system types longer than `long'. -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 hosts. The patches of this -release have all been (or will be) submitted via the usual channels and -they should no longer be needed once the next official release -of GNU tar is out. +Copyright 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +version 1.12.64015 - Paul Eggert, 1999-06-28. + +* Support for large files, e.g. files larger than 2 GB on many 32-bit hosts. + Also, support for larger uids, device ids, etc. +* Many bug fixes. +* This release is intended only as a bugfix release. A more ambitious version, + with new features, is also available as part of paxutils. Please see: + http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/paxutils/ + The bug fixes in this release are intended to be merged with paxutils + at some point, but they haven't been merged as of this writing. + Version 1.12 - François Pinard, 1997-04. diff --git a/README b/README index 88a70df..7563bf0 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,19 +1,3 @@ -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. -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. @@ -59,7 +43,7 @@ and only then, Autoconf 2.13 or later. Install Perl, then Automake All are available on GNU archive sites, like in ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/. -Send bug reports to `tar-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu'. (Beware, old-timers: it is +Send bug reports to `tar-bugs@gnu.org'. (Beware, old-timers: it is `@gnu', not `@prep'; and not `bug-gnu-utils' anymore.) A bug report is an adequate description of the problem: your input, what you expected, what you got, and why this is wrong. Diffs are welcome, but they only