X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=6cff0a082c3a0198d92640d7f29c765c482c0f3b;hb=617f136b46ef83a4622981a2aa1972090f8d708d;hp=3ef2a61da8faf8c73efc82dedcab0c632a9ae90a;hpb=7f0553b27033f39991530a9e157f9e899ebb55d0;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/README b/README index 3ef2a61..6cff0a0 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,18 +1,3 @@ -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 -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 . - -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. @@ -41,9 +26,6 @@ See file `THANKS' for a list of contributors. Besides those configure options documented in files `INSTALL' and `ABOUT-NLS', a few extra options may be accepted after `./configure': -* `--with-included-malloc' or `--without-included-malloc' may override -the automatic choice made by `configure' about using included GNU malloc. - * `--with-dmalloc' is a debugging option for looking at memory management problems, it prerequires Gray Watson's package, which is available as `ftp://ftp.letters.com/src/dmalloc/dmalloc.tar.gz'. @@ -56,14 +38,12 @@ 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 2.12 with officious patches held in `AC-PATCHES'. -Install Perl, then Automake 1.1n with officious patches in `AM-PATCHES'. -You might need Bison 1.25 with officious patches in `BI-PATCHES' (but yacc -and byacc may be OK for you), and GNU tar itself. All are available on -GNU archive sites, like in ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/, but Automake -is still ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/tromey/automake-1.1n.tar.gz. - -Send bug reports to `tar-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu'. (Beware, old-timers: it is +and only then, Autoconf 2.13 or later. Install Perl, then Automake +1.4 or later. You might need Bison 1.26 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, what you got, and why this is wrong. Diffs are welcome, but they only