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[chaz/tar] / tests / star / README

diff --git a/tests/star/README b/tests/star/README
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--- a/tests/star/README
+++ b/tests/star/README
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 This directory contains scripts for testing GNU tar using
-star "test archives". The archives themselves may be obtained
-from http://download.berlios.de/pub/star/testscripts.
+star "test archives". The archives themselves can be obtained
+from ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/testscripts.
 
-The tests are ignored unless environment variable STAR_TESTSCRIPTS
-is set and points to the directory where the test archives reside.
-Sample usage:
+These tests are disabled by default. There are two ways to run
+them.  The simplest is by `make check-full' command.  It requires wget
+and GNU md5sum to be installed. If you don't have these utilities,
+download the test archives manually and set the environment variable
+STAR_TESTSCRIPTS to point to the directory where they reside, for
+example:
 
        make STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir check
 or     
        make TESTS_ENVIRONMENT='STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir' check
 
+The file `quicktest.sh' is a separate test. It is never executed
+within `make check' command, you will need to run it manually.
+Please, carefully read section `quicktest.sh' below before running
+it.
+       
 Following is a short description of the tests:
 
 * gtarfail.at and gtarfail2.at
@@ -40,6 +48,22 @@ format.
 Requires pax-big-10g.tar.bz2. It tests handling pax (POSIX.1-2001) archves
 containing very large files (in this case -- 10 GB).
 
+* quicktest.sh
+
+This is a test for compliance to POSIX.1-1990 tar specification. It
+requires two files: ustar-all-quicktest.tar and quicktest.filelist,
+(they usually reside in star/testscripts directory), and `tartest' program
+(also part of star distribution). The test must be run only with root
+privileges, so it is a good idea to verify the contents of
+ustar-all-quicktest.tar before running it.
+
+If `tartest' is not in your PATH, use TARTEST variable to specify its
+full file name. You may pass both STAR_TESTSCRIPTS and TARTEST
+variables as command line arguments to quicktest.sh, as shown in
+the example below:
+
+  ./quicktest.sh STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir TARTEST=/path/to/tartest
+
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