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-This is a test release of GNU tar.
+This is GNU tar.
 
+This is a *pre-release* version, and not ready for production use yet.
 Please send comments and problem reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>.
+
+If you have taken the sources from CVS you will need the following packages
+to build GNU tar:
+
+autoconf 2.57
+automake 1.7.5
+bison 1.875
+gettext 0.12.1
+sed 3.0
+wget 1.7
+
+Before building the package, run bootstrap. You will need a POSIX
+compliant shell to do so. The bootstrap utility obtains various
+additional files from the CVS repository and the Translation Project
+site and prepares the source directory for building. The exact way
+of invoking bootstrap depends on whether you have the sources for gnulib
+installed somewhere on your system and on the method you use to access
+the CVS at savannah.
+
+If you already have gnulib sources on your machine, run:
+
+       ./bootstrap --gnulib-srcdir=DIRNAME
+
+Otherwise, if you have developer's access to savannah:
+
+a) if you access CVS via ssh, set the environment variable CVS_RSH
+to ssh and run ./bootstrap without arguments.
+
+b) if you access CVS via Kerberos, run
+
+        ./bootstrap --cvs-auth=gserver
+
+Othervise, if you are not a member of Savannah, run
+
+        ./bootstrap --cvs-auth=pserver
+
+When prompted for a password for anoncvs, simply press the Enter key. 
+
+\f
+
+Copyright (C) 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU tar.
+
+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.
+
+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.
+