From: Paul Eggert Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 20:54:59 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * README-alpha: Modernize description of software required for X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6bb5c17aea4319b657d81eb39fcc138d5a6093c8;p=chaz%2Ftar * README-alpha: Modernize description of software required for developers. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 7c6c22b..0e802de 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2005-09-03 Paul Eggert + + * README-alpha: Modernize description of software required for + developers. + 2005-09-03 Sergey Poznyakoff * gnulib.modules: Add strdup @@ -7,7 +12,7 @@ * tests/incr01.at: New test. * tests/Makefile.am: Add incr01.at * tests/testsuite.at: Likewise - * THANKS: Updated + * THANKS: Updated 2005-08-17 Sergey Poznyakoff @@ -18,7 +23,7 @@ 2005-07-31 Sergey Poznyakoff * src/create.c (file_dumpable_p,dump_file0): Fix handling of - sparse files to /dev/null with --totals option. + sparse files to /dev/null with --totals option. * tests/update.at: Remove dependency on file order. 2005-07-08 Sergey Poznyakoff @@ -47,16 +52,16 @@ * tests/star/ustar-big-2g.at: Likewise * tests/star/ustar-big-8g.at: Likewise - * tests/sparse03.at: New test. + * tests/sparse03.at: New test. * tests/Makefile.am: Add sparse03.at * tests/testsuite.at: Likewise * src/xheader.c (size_decoder): Do not set archive_file_size. Fix bugs introduced yesterday: - + * src/sparse.c (tar_sparse_init): Initialize - dimped_size to 0. + dimped_size to 0. (sparse_scan_file): Initialize archive_file_size to 0. The variable keeps size of the file *as stored in the archive*, not the size reported by stat. diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha index 12f6678..06105e8 100644 --- a/README-alpha +++ b/README-alpha @@ -5,20 +5,16 @@ Please send comments and problem reports to . If you have taken the sources from CVS you will need the following packages (or later) to build GNU tar. We don't make any extra effort -to accommodate older versions of these packages. If we discover that -newer versions are needed to bootstrap, we'll update the version -numbers in this list. +to accommodate older versions of these packages, so please make sure +that you have the latest stable version. -autoconf 2.59 -automake 1.8 -bison 1.875 -gettext 0.12.1 -m4 1.4 -wget 1.7 - -For GNU m4 1.4, we recommend also installing the `translit' patch; see -Debian bug 211477 . -This patch is bundled into Debian m4 1.4-17 or later. +- Automake +- Autoconf +- Bison +- Gettext +- Gzip +- M4 +- Wget Before building the package, run "bootstrap". It obtains various additional files from the CVS repository and the Translation Project @@ -59,7 +55,7 @@ some other value. -Copyright (C) 2001, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU tar. @@ -77,4 +73,3 @@ 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. -