From: Paul Eggert Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 05:34:39 +0000 (+0000) Subject: New sections for gzip and bzip2, Solaris. X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=afec2899542bafa4815f1b1e1c8e98ab3a37654b;p=chaz%2Ftar New sections for gzip and bzip2, Solaris. Remove mention of BACKLOG. --- diff --git a/README b/README index d35f9ce..d8c88a8 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ program is in the GNU `cpio' distribution. GNU `tar' is derived from John Gilmore's public domain `tar'. See file `ABOUT-NLS' for how to customize this program to your language. -See file `BACKLOG' for a summary of pending mail and articles. See file `COPYING' for copying conditions. See file `INSTALL' for compilation and installation instructions. See file `PORTS' for various ports of GNU tar to non-Unix systems. @@ -63,6 +62,37 @@ and share your findings by writing at `tar-forum@iro.umontreal.ca'. Here are a few hints which might help installing `tar' on some systems. +* gzip and bzip2. + +GNU tar uses the gzip and bzip2 programs to read and write compressed +archives. If you don't have these programs already, you need to +install them. Their sources can be found at: + +ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/ +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/ + +If you see the following symptoms: + + $ tar -xzf file.tar.gz + gzip: stdin: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored + tar: Child returned status 2 + +then you have encountered a gzip incompatibility that should be fixed +in gzip 1.3, which is not yet available as of this writing. You can +work around the incompatibility by using a shell command like +`gzip -d