(chdir_do): Fixed call to restore_cwd

[chaz/tar] / README-alpha

diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha
index 2eb08fe6c78e272614d9566d16fc2ea9775c2897..4dd91bf285288080faf9330cf28468a7665a801d 100644 (file)
--- a/README-alpha
+++ b/README-alpha
@@ -2,111 +2,29 @@ This is a test release of GNU tar.
 
 Please send comments and problem reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>.
 
-This release was built with GNU automake 1.5 patched as follows:
+       Copyright (C) 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-2001-09-14  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
+       This file is part of GNU tar.
 
-       * lib/am/distdir.am (REMOVE_DISTDIR):
-       New macro.  Do not change permission of non-directories.
-       (distdir, dist, dist-bzip2, dist-tarZ, dist-shar, dist-zip, dist-all,
-        distcheck): Use it.
+       GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+       it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+       the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+       any later version.
 
-===================================================================
-RCS file: lib/am/distdir.am,v
-retrieving revision 1.5
-retrieving revision 1.5.0.1
-diff -pu -r1.5 -r1.5.0.1
---- lib/am/distdir.am  2001/07/14 20:12:52     1.5
-+++ lib/am/distdir.am  2001/09/15 05:12:18     1.5.0.1
-@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ else !%?TOPDIR_P%
- ?DISTDIR?distdir = $(top_distdir)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
- endif !%?TOPDIR_P%
- 
-+REMOVE_DISTDIR = \
-+  { test ! -d $(distdir) \
-+    || { find $(distdir) -type d ! -perm -200 -exec chmod u+w {} ';' \
-+         && rm -fr $(distdir); }; }
-+
- distdir: $(DISTFILES)
- ##
- ## For Gnits users, this is pretty handy.  Look at 15 lines
-@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ endif %?TOPDIR_P%
- ## Only for the top dir.
- ##
- if %?TOPDIR_P%
--      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
-       mkdir $(distdir)
- endif %?TOPDIR_P%
- ##
-@@ -168,13 +173,13 @@ GZIP_ENV = --best
- .PHONY: dist
- dist: distdir
-       $(AMTAR) chof - $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).tar.gz
--      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- 
- if  %?BZIP2%
- .PHONY: dist-bzip2
- dist-bzip2: distdir
-       $(AMTAR) chof - $(distdir) | bzip2 -9 -c >$(distdir).tar.bz2
--      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- endif  %?BZIP2%
- 
- 
-@@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ if  %?COMPRESS%
- .PHONY: dist-tarZ
- dist-tarZ: distdir
-       $(AMTAR) chof - $(distdir) | compress -c >$(distdir).tar.Z
--      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- endif  %?COMPRESS%
- 
- 
-@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ if  %?SHAR%
- .PHONY: dist-shar
- dist-shar: distdir
-       shar $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).shar.gz
--      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- endif  %?SHAR%
- 
- 
-@@ -199,7 +204,7 @@ if  %?ZIP%
- dist-zip: distdir
-       -rm -f $(distdir).zip
-       zip -rq $(distdir).zip $(distdir)
--      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- endif  %?ZIP%
- 
- endif %?TOPDIR_P%
-@@ -223,7 +228,7 @@ dist-all: distdir
- ?SHAR?        shar $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).shar.gz
- ?ZIP? -rm -f $(distdir).zip
- ?ZIP? zip -rq $(distdir).zip $(distdir)
--      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- 
- endif %?TOPDIR_P%
- 
-@@ -239,8 +244,7 @@ if %?TOPDIR_P%
- # tarfile.
- .PHONY: distcheck
- distcheck: dist
--## Make sure we can remove distdir before trying to remove it.
--      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) > /dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
-       GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gunzip -c $(distdir).tar.gz | $(AMTAR) xf -
- ## Make the new source tree read-only.  Distributions ought to work in
- ## this case.  However, make the top-level directory writable so we
-@@ -273,7 +277,7 @@ distcheck: dist
-         && (test `find . -type f -print | wc -l` -eq 0 \
-            || (echo "Error: files left after distclean" 1>&2; \
-                exit 1) )
--      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) > /dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
-       @echo "$(distdir).tar.gz is ready for distribution" | \
-         sed 'h;s/./=/g;p;x;p;x'
- endif %?TOPDIR_P%
+       GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+       but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+       GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+       along with tar; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+       the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+       Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+This release was built with the following tools.  You probably need
+these tools (or later) if you want to hack seriously on it.
+
+autoconf 2.57
+automake 1.7.5
+bison 1.875
+gettext 0.12.1