From: François Pinard Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 02:56:25 +0000 (+0000) Subject: *** empty log message *** X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=790cbac20cdcf9c0500d3855a118fb62f842e9ed;p=chaz%2Ftar *** empty log message *** --- diff --git a/README b/README index 3387258..e766fbb 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -10,55 +10,7 @@ for doing incremental dumps has been significantly changed. This distribution also includes rmt, the remote tape server (which must reside in /etc). The mt program is in the GNU cpio distribution. -To compile tar (and rmt, if your system has the needed features) on -Unix-like systems: - -1. Type `./configure'. This shell script attempts to guess correct -values for various system-dependent variables used during compilation, -and creates the file `Makefile'. This takes a couple of minutes. - -If you want to compile in a different directory from the one -containing the source code, `cd' to that directory and run `configure' -with the option `+srcdir=DIR', where DIR is the directory that -contains the source code. The object files and executables will be -put in the current directory. This option only works with versions of -`make' that support the VPATH variable. `configure' ignores any other -arguments you give it. - -If your system requires unusual options for compilation or linking -that `configure' doesn't know about, you can give `configure' initial -values for variables by setting them in the environment; in -Bourne-compatible shells, you can do that on the command line like -this: -$ CC='gcc -traditional' LIBS=-lposix ./configure - -2. If you want to change the directories where the programs will be -installed, or the optimization options, edit `Makefile' and change -those values. If you have an unusual system that needs special -compilation options that `configure' doesn't know about, and you -didn't pass them in the environment when running `configure', you -should add them to `Makefile' now. Alternately, teach `configure' how -to figure out that it is being run on a system where they are needed, -and mail the diffs to the address listed at the top of this file so we -can include them in the next release. - -3. Type `make'. - -4. If your system needs to link with -lPW to get alloca, but has -rename in the C library (so WANT_RENAME is not used), -lPW might give -you an incorrect version of rename. On HP-UX this manifests itself as -an undefined data symbol called "Error" when linking tar. If this -happens, use `ar x' to extract alloca.o from libPW.a and `ar rc' to -put it in a library liballoca.a, and put that in LIBS instead of -lPW. -This problem does not occur when using gcc, which has alloca built in. - -5. If the programs compile successfully, type `make install' to -install them. - -6. After you have installed the programs, you can remove the binaries -from the source directory by typing `make clean'. Type `make -distclean' if you also want to remove `Makefile', for instance if you -are going to recompile tar next on another type of machine. +See the file INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions for Unix. makefile.pc is a makefile for Turbo C 2.0 on MS-DOS. @@ -70,25 +22,25 @@ problems, and we have no way to test it ourselves. User-visible changes since 1.09: Filename to -G is optional. -C works right. -Names +newer and +newer-mtime work right. +Names newer and --newer-mtime work right. --g is now +incremental --G is now +listed-incremental +-g is now --incremental +-G is now --listed-incremental Sparse files now work correctly. -+volume is now called +label. +--volume is now called --label. -+exclude now takes a filename argument, and +exclude-from does what -+exclude used to do. +--exclude now takes a filename argument, and --exclude-from does what +--exclude used to do. Exit status is now correct. -+totals keeps track of total I/O and prints it when tar exits. +--totals keeps track of total I/O and prints it when tar exits. -When using +label with +extract, the label is now a regexp. +When using --label with --extract, the label is now a regexp. -New option +tape-length (-L) does multi-volume handling like BSD dump: +New option --tape-length (-L) does multi-volume handling like BSD dump: you tell tar how big the tape is and it will prompt at that point instead of waiting for a write error.