X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=README;h=6cff0a082c3a0198d92640d7f29c765c482c0f3b;hb=6600451136831cb42ddf08938dc9ead04e3ea723;hp=88a70df36a5fac4285a76b28d42c4e693df29e91;hpb=13140bcaf95e105e14be21dd2d93a87fe57d6118;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/README b/README index 88a70df..6cff0a0 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,19 +1,3 @@ -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, 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 -Large File Summit hosts like Solaris 2.6. The patches of this -release have all been submitted via the usual channels and -they should no longer be needed once the next official release -of GNU tar is out. - - Please glance through *all* sections of this `README' file before starting configuration. Also make sure you read files `ABOUT-NLS' and `INSTALL' if you are not familiar with them already. @@ -59,7 +43,7 @@ and only then, Autoconf 2.13 or later. Install Perl, then Automake All are available on GNU archive sites, like in ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/. -Send bug reports to `tar-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu'. (Beware, old-timers: it is +Send bug reports to `bug-tar@gnu.org'. (Beware, old-timers: it is `@gnu', not `@prep'; and not `bug-gnu-utils' anymore.) A bug report is an adequate description of the problem: your input, what you expected, what you got, and why this is wrong. Diffs are welcome, but they only