X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=ee4e66a1048b54f87998146d42277cfd1db7b9e7;hb=5cff6c76e75280bdd984fa051692af8e6f761e9d;hp=a6f72e710a0ad666da61ab17c1b6719416f83f4c;hpb=f6db0ba34e5ff7492a2b5e97d1bd1f6b26e09496;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a6f72e7..ee4e66a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,20 +1,17 @@ GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. -Copyright © 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - -version 1.12.64014 - Paul Eggert, 1999-06-25. - -This is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to large file -environments like AIX 4.2, HP-UX 10.20, IRIX 6.2, and Solaris 2.6 that -(among other things) rely on integer system types longer than `long'. -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 hosts. The patches of this -release have all been (or will be) submitted via the usual channels and -they should no longer be needed once the next official release -of GNU tar is out. +Copyright 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +version 1.12.64015 - Paul Eggert, 1999-06-28. + +* Support for large files, e.g. files larger than 2 GB on many 32-bit hosts. + Also, support for larger uids, device ids, etc. +* Many bug fixes. +* This release is intended only as a bugfix release. A more ambitious version, + with new features, is also available as part of paxutils. Please see: + http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/paxutils/ + The bug fixes in this release are intended to be merged with paxutils + at some point, but they haven't been merged as of this writing. + Version 1.12 - François Pinard, 1997-04.