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-GNU `tar' 1.12.lfs.5 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.
 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.


@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ 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'.


@@ -57,12 +54,10 @@ 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.
+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.ai.mit.edu'.  (Beware, old-timers: it is
 `@gnu', not `@prep'; and not `bug-gnu-utils' anymore.)  A bug report is
 
 Send bug reports to `tar-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu'.  (Beware, old-timers: it is
 `@gnu', not `@prep'; and not `bug-gnu-utils' anymore.)  A bug report is