Add explanation of why this isn't an official version.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2eabdde8d88fe4bf6334e2b8b042c38801ba86e9..17c13581725017a0339e959e30d7b4c1cb9b26f8 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes.
 Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-version 1.12.lfs.1 - Paul Eggert, 1998-02.
+version 1.12.lfs.2 - Paul Eggert, 1998-02.
 
 This version 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'.  Please send bug reports specific to this
 unofficial version of GNU `tar' to <eggert@twinsun.com>.
+
+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.
 \f
 Version 1.12 - François Pinard, 1997-04.
 

diff --git a/README b/README
index ab0e977a7c3809036d487d7cb4fea3c8acba8ab4..3ef2a61da8faf8c73efc82dedcab0c632a9ae90a 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
-GNU `tar' 1.12.lfs.1 is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to Large
+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 <eggert@twinsun.com>.
 
+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.