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[chaz/tar] / tests / star / README

diff --git a/tests/star/README b/tests/star/README
index 8e1b231dcaad2b754fafad2367d5320cf71c3bd5..e247ff4fba4cde651de2defd04b96180b7294159 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/star/README
+++ b/tests/star/README
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 This directory contains scripts for testing GNU tar using
 star "test archives". The archives themselves can be obtained
-from http://download.berlios.de/pub/star/testscripts.
+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     
@@ -49,9 +52,9 @@ containing very large files (in this case -- 10 GB).
 
 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/tartest directory), and `tartest' program
+(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 test contents of
+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