X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=124522063c9ea5a463de2c1d42f3f3c1d6ebdca3;hb=4c690508bdb97cac5fe00134a9a363b77845c3a6;hp=2ada6860d41e53ad2c00be475972d32ad386f227;hpb=ffcddc2e167cfafb016d96294aad463f6b721353;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/README b/README index 2ada686..1245220 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,3 +1,26 @@ +README for GNU tar + + Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, + 2001, 2003 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) + any later version. + + GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + 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. + + 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. @@ -37,14 +60,13 @@ in the environment before configuring (the behavior of `-[0-7]' or For comprehensive modifications to GNU tar, you might need tools beyond those used in simple installations. Fully install GNU m4 1.4 first, -and only then, Autoconf 2.13 or later. Install Perl, then Automake -1.4 or later. You might need Bison 1.28 or later, and GNU tar itself. -All are available on GNU archive sites, like in -ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/. - -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, +and only then, Autoconf 2.57 or later. Install Perl, then Automake +1.7.5 or later. Also, install gettext 0.12.1 or later. You might +need Bison 1.875 or later, and GNU tar itself. All are available on +GNU archive sites, like in ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/. + +Send bug reports to . A bug report should contain +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 describe a solution, from which the problem might be uneasy to infer. If needed, submit actual data files with your report. Small data files @@ -115,7 +137,7 @@ to a value from the table below, before configuration (see `INSTALL'). Solaris (vendor) -Bstatic SunOS (vendor) -Bstatic -* Failed test `incremen.sh'. +* Failed tests `ignfail.sh' or `incremen.sh'. In an NFS environment, lack of synchronization between machine clocks might create difficulties to any tool comparing dates and file time stamps,