GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes.
-Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright © 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-version 1.12.lfs.6 - Paul Eggert, 1998-12-07.
+version 1.12.64008 - Paul Eggert, 1999-03-17.
-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
+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'. 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
+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.
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