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@@ -46,9 +46,39 @@ in the environment before configuring (the behavior of `-[0-7]' or
 `-[0-7]lmh' options in `tar' are then derived automatically).  Similarly,
 `DEFAULT_BLOCKING' can be preset to something else than 20.
 
+** Selecting full pathname of the "rmt" binary.
+
+Previous versions of tar always looked for "rmt" binary in the
+directory "/etc/rmt". However, the "rmt" program included
+in the distribution was installed under "$prefix/libexec/rmt".
+To fix this discrepancy, tar now looks for "$prefix/libexec/rmt".
+If you do not want this behavior, specify full path name of
+"rmt" binary using DEFAULT_RMT_DIR variable, e.g.:
+
+./configure DEFAULT_RMT_DIR=/etc
+
+If you already have a copy of "rmt" installed and wish to use it
+instead of the version supplied with the distribution, use --with-rmt
+option:
+
+./configure --with-rmt=/etc/rmt
+
+This will also disable building the included version of rmt.
+
+** Installing backup scripts.
+
+This version of tar is shipped with the shell scripts for producing
+incremental backups (dumps) and restoring filesystems from them.
+The name of the backup script is "backup". The name of the
+restore script is "restore". They are installed in "$prefix/sbin"
+directory.
+
+Use option --enable-backup-scripts to compile and install these
+scripts.
+
 ** `--disable-largefile' omits support for large files, even if the
 operating system supports large files.  Typically, large files are
-those larger on 2 GB on a 32-bit host.
+those larger than 2 GB on a 32-bit host.
 
 * Installation hints
 
@@ -150,28 +180,29 @@ the `lchown' call will be used if available, but that's all.
 GNU `tar' is able to create archive in the following formats:
 
   *** The format of UNIX version 7
-  *** POSIX.1-1988 format, also known as "ustar format" 
+  *** POSIX.1-1988 format, also known as "ustar format"
   *** POSIX.1-2001 format, also known as "pax format"
   *** Old GNU format (described below)
 
 In addition to those, GNU `tar' is also able to read archives
-produced by `star' archiver.  
+produced by `star' archiver.
 
 A so called `Old GNU' format is based on an early draft of the
 POSIX 1003.1 `ustar' standard which is different from the final
 standard. It defines its extensions (such as incremental backups
 and handling of the long file names) in a way incompatible with
 any existing tar archive format, therefore the use of old GNU
-format is strongly discouraged. 
+format is strongly discouraged.
 
 Please read the file NEWS for more information about POSIX compliance
 and new `tar' features.
 
 * What's next?
 
-In the future we will try to release tar-1.14 as soon as possible and
-start merging with paxutils afterwards.  We'll also try to rewrite
-some parts of the documentation after paxutils has been merged.
+GNU tar will be merged into GNU paxutils: a project containing
+several utilities related to creating and handling archives in
+various formats. The project will include tar, cpio and pax
+utilities.
 
 * Bug reporting.
 
@@ -192,13 +223,13 @@ and share your findings by writing to <bug-tar@gnu.org>.
 * Copying
 
 	Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
-	2001, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+	2001, 2003, 2004, 2007 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)
+	the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
 	any later version.
 
 	GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
@@ -208,8 +239,8 @@ and share your findings by writing to <bug-tar@gnu.org>.
 
 	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.
+	the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+	Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 
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