X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=inline;f=README;h=d5bec6c2a1a07a1117817aa5421fdead3944a092;hb=3b34cd8be313da370b68fe13c4216e6679079fec;hp=3ef2a61da8faf8c73efc82dedcab0c632a9ae90a;hpb=7f0553b27033f39991530a9e157f9e899ebb55d0;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/README b/README index 3ef2a61..d5bec6c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -GNU `tar' 1.12.lfs.2 is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to Large -File Summit (LFS) environments like Solaris 2.6 that rely on integer +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'. Ordinary GNU `tar' 1.12 cannot handle files larger than 2 GB when compiled in such environments. This port -addresses that problem. Please send bug reports specific to this -unofficial version of GNU `tar' to . +addresses that problem, and fixes some other well-known bugs in GNU tar 1.12. +Please send bug reports specific to this unofficial version of GNU `tar' +to . This is not intended to be a forked release for GNU tar; it's just an interim experimental release, mostly intended for