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@@ -1,18 +1,3 @@
-GNU `tar' 1.12.lfs.2 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>.
-
-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.
 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.


@@ -41,9 +26,6 @@ See file `THANKS' for a list of contributors.
 Besides those configure options documented in files `INSTALL' and
 `ABOUT-NLS', a few extra options may be accepted after `./configure':
 
 Besides those configure options documented in files `INSTALL' and
 `ABOUT-NLS', a few extra options may be accepted after `./configure':
 

-* `--with-included-malloc' or `--without-included-malloc' may override
-the automatic choice made by `configure' about using included GNU malloc.
-

 * `--with-dmalloc' is a debugging option for looking at memory management
 problems, it prerequires Gray Watson's package, which is available as
 `ftp://ftp.letters.com/src/dmalloc/dmalloc.tar.gz'.
 * `--with-dmalloc' is a debugging option for looking at memory management
 problems, it prerequires Gray Watson's package, which is available as
 `ftp://ftp.letters.com/src/dmalloc/dmalloc.tar.gz'.


@@ -56,14 +38,12 @@ in the environment before configuring (the behavior of `-[0-7]' or
 
 For comprehensive modifications to GNU tar, you might need tools beyond
 those used in simple installations.  Fully install GNU m4 1.4 first,
 
 For comprehensive modifications to GNU tar, you might need tools beyond
 those used in simple installations.  Fully install GNU m4 1.4 first,

-and only then, Autoconf 2.12 with officious patches held in `AC-PATCHES'.
-Install Perl, then Automake 1.1n with officious patches in `AM-PATCHES'.
-You might need Bison 1.25 with officious patches in `BI-PATCHES' (but yacc
-and byacc may be OK for you), and GNU tar itself.  All are available on
-GNU archive sites, like in ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/, but Automake
-is still ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/tromey/automake-1.1n.tar.gz.
-
-Send bug reports to `tar-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu'.  (Beware, old-timers: it is
+and only then, Autoconf 2.13 or later.  Install Perl, then Automake
+1.4 or later.  You might need Bison 1.26 or later, and GNU tar itself.
+All are available on GNU archive sites, like in
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/.
+
+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
 `@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