X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README-alpha;h=3c45c19c6e6ea3a05b92c6d966a7bba69493939b;hb=f3364ac428ba502cfb01a66709adf22dedbd048f;hp=286936b5df1efa34a15dc064509d1c5663f07889;hpb=c05634ea03bf5744c1777aab5c1ae9853a45f505;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha index 286936b..3c45c19 100644 --- a/README-alpha +++ b/README-alpha @@ -1,3 +1,242 @@ This is a test release of GNU tar. Please send comments and problem reports to . + + Copyright 2001 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. + +This release was built with GNU automake 1.5 patched as follows: + +2001-09-24 Paul Eggert + + * m4/header.m4 (_AM_Config_Header_Index): Remove. + (AM_CONFIG_HEADER): Don't use it. It wasn't working, and was + causing needless rebuilds. + +2001-09-14 Paul Eggert + + * lib/am/distdir.am (REMOVE_DISTDIR): + New macro. Do not change permission of non-directories. + (distdir, dist, dist-bzip2, dist-tarZ, dist-shar, dist-zip, dist-all, + distcheck): Use it. + +=================================================================== +RCS file: lib/am/distdir.am,v +retrieving revision 1.5 +retrieving revision 1.5.0.1 +diff -pu -r1.5 -r1.5.0.1 +--- lib/am/distdir.am 2001/07/14 20:12:52 1.5 ++++ lib/am/distdir.am 2001/09/15 05:12:18 1.5.0.1 +@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ else !%?TOPDIR_P% + ?DISTDIR?distdir = $(top_distdir)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION) + endif !%?TOPDIR_P% + ++REMOVE_DISTDIR = \ ++ { test ! -d $(distdir) \ ++ || { find $(distdir) -type d ! -perm -200 -exec chmod u+w {} ';' \ ++ && rm -fr $(distdir); }; } ++ + distdir: $(DISTFILES) + ## + ## For Gnits users, this is pretty handy. Look at 15 lines +@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ endif %?TOPDIR_P% + ## Only for the top dir. + ## + if %?TOPDIR_P% +- -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir) ++ $(REMOVE_DISTDIR) + mkdir $(distdir) + endif %?TOPDIR_P% + ## +@@ -168,13 +173,13 @@ GZIP_ENV = --best + .PHONY: dist + dist: distdir + $(AMTAR) chof - $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).tar.gz +- -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir) ++ $(REMOVE_DISTDIR) + + if %?BZIP2% + .PHONY: dist-bzip2 + dist-bzip2: distdir + $(AMTAR) chof - $(distdir) | bzip2 -9 -c >$(distdir).tar.bz2 +- -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir) ++ $(REMOVE_DISTDIR) + endif %?BZIP2% + + +@@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ if %?COMPRESS% + .PHONY: dist-tarZ + dist-tarZ: distdir + $(AMTAR) chof - $(distdir) | compress -c >$(distdir).tar.Z +- -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir) ++ $(REMOVE_DISTDIR) + endif %?COMPRESS% + + +@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ if %?SHAR% + .PHONY: dist-shar + dist-shar: distdir + shar $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).shar.gz +- -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir) ++ $(REMOVE_DISTDIR) + endif %?SHAR% + + +@@ -199,7 +204,7 @@ if %?ZIP% + dist-zip: distdir + -rm -f $(distdir).zip + zip -rq $(distdir).zip $(distdir) +- -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir) ++ $(REMOVE_DISTDIR) + endif %?ZIP% + + endif %?TOPDIR_P% +@@ -223,7 +228,7 @@ dist-all: distdir + ?SHAR? shar $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).shar.gz + ?ZIP? -rm -f $(distdir).zip + ?ZIP? zip -rq $(distdir).zip $(distdir) +- -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir) ++ $(REMOVE_DISTDIR) + + endif %?TOPDIR_P% + +@@ -239,8 +244,7 @@ if %?TOPDIR_P% + # tarfile. + .PHONY: distcheck + distcheck: dist +-## Make sure we can remove distdir before trying to remove it. +- -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) > /dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir) ++ $(REMOVE_DISTDIR) + GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gunzip -c $(distdir).tar.gz | $(AMTAR) xf - + ## Make the new source tree read-only. Distributions ought to work in + ## this case. However, make the top-level directory writable so we +@@ -273,7 +277,7 @@ distcheck: dist + && (test `find . -type f -print | wc -l` -eq 0 \ + || (echo "Error: files left after distclean" 1>&2; \ + exit 1) ) +- -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) > /dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir) ++ $(REMOVE_DISTDIR) + @echo "$(distdir).tar.gz is ready for distribution" | \ + sed 'h;s/./=/g;p;x;p;x' + endif %?TOPDIR_P% +=================================================================== +RCS file: m4/header.m4,v +retrieving revision 1.5 +retrieving revision 1.5.0.1 +diff -pu -r1.5 -r1.5.0.1 +--- m4/header.m4 2001/07/21 05:27:26 1.5 ++++ m4/header.m4 2001/09/24 18:29:30 1.5.0.1 +@@ -11,18 +11,16 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.12]) + + AC_DEFUN([AM_CONFIG_HEADER], + [ifdef([AC_FOREACH],dnl +- [dnl init our file count if it isn't already +- m4_ifndef([_AM_Config_Header_Index], m4_define([_AM_Config_Header_Index], [0])) ++ [ + dnl prepare to store our destination file list for use in config.status + AC_FOREACH([_AM_File], [$1], + [m4_pushdef([_AM_Dest], m4_patsubst(_AM_File, [:.*])) +- m4_define([_AM_Config_Header_Index], m4_incr(_AM_Config_Header_Index)) + dnl and add it to the list of files AC keeps track of, along + dnl with our hook + AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(_AM_File, + dnl COMMANDS, [, INIT-CMDS] + [# update the timestamp +-echo timestamp >"AS_ESCAPE(_AM_DIRNAME(]_AM_Dest[))/stamp-h]_AM_Config_Header_Index[" ++echo timestamp >"AS_ESCAPE(_AM_DIRNAME(]_AM_Dest[))/stamp-h" + ][$2]m4_ifval([$3], [, [$3]]))dnl AC_CONFIG_HEADERS + m4_popdef([_AM_Dest])])],dnl + [AC_CONFIG_HEADER([$1]) + + + +and with GNU autoconf 2.52 patched as follows: + +2001-09-15 Paul Eggert + + Fix bug reported by Paul Townsend on AIX 4.3.3.0 with + CFLAGS=-O4 or CFLAGS=-O5. In that case, the linker has a + relaxed view of fatal errors, and AC_CHECK_LIB causes it to + include libraries even when they don't exist. + + * acheaders.m4 (AC_HEADER_DIRENT): Use AC_SEARCH_LIBS, not + AC_CHECK_LIB, so that we don't use -ldir or -lx if we don't + need it. + + * acspecific.m4 (AC_ISC_POSIX): Replace the old, crufty + version with the version used by fileutils 4.1, except use + AC_SEARCH_LIBS, not AC_CHECK_LIB, so that we don't use + -lcposix if we don't need it. + +=================================================================== +RCS file: acheaders.m4,v +retrieving revision 2.52 +retrieving revision 2.52.0.1 +diff -pu -r2.52 -r2.52.0.1 +--- acheaders.m4 2001/07/03 14:19:09 2.52 ++++ acheaders.m4 2001/09/16 02:53:51 2.52.0.1 +@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ ac_header_dirent=$ac_hdr; break]) + done + # Two versions of opendir et al. are in -ldir and -lx on SCO Xenix. + if test $ac_header_dirent = dirent.h; then +- AC_CHECK_LIB(dir, opendir, LIBS="$LIBS -ldir") ++ AC_SEARCH_LIBS(opendir, dir) + else +- AC_CHECK_LIB(x, opendir, LIBS="$LIBS -lx") ++ AC_SEARCH_LIBS(opendir, x) + fi + ])# AC_HEADER_DIRENT + +=================================================================== +RCS file: acspecific.m4,v +retrieving revision 2.52 +retrieving revision 2.52.0.1 +diff -pu -r2.52 -r2.52.0.1 +--- acspecific.m4 2001/06/15 17:46:01 2.52 ++++ acspecific.m4 2001/09/16 02:53:51 2.52.0.1 +@@ -993,28 +993,7 @@ fi + # AC_ISC_POSIX + # ------------ + AC_DEFUN([AC_ISC_POSIX], +-[AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])dnl +-AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_COMPILE_IFELSE])dnl +-AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_RUN_IFELSE])dnl +-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for POSIXized ISC]) +-if test -d /etc/conf/kconfig.d && +- grep _POSIX_VERSION [/usr/include/sys/unistd.h] >/dev/null 2>&1 +-then +- AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]) +- ISC=yes # If later tests want to check for ISC. +- AC_DEFINE(_POSIX_SOURCE, 1, +- [Define if you need to in order for stat and other things to +- work.]) +- if test "$GCC" = yes; then +- CC="$CC -posix" +- else +- CC="$CC -Xp" +- fi +-else +- AC_MSG_RESULT([no]) +- ISC= +-fi +-])# AC_ISC_POSIX ++[AC_SEARCH_LIBS(strerror, cposix)]) + + + # AC_XENIX_DIR