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Paul Eggert
1999-06-29 02:26:25 +00:00
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GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes.
Copyright <20> 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright 1994, 1995-1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
version 1.12.64014 - Paul Eggert, 1999-06-25.
version 1.12.64015 - Paul Eggert, 1999-06-28.
This is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to large file
environments like AIX 4.2, HP-UX 10.20, IRIX 6.2, and Solaris 2.6 that
(among other things) rely on integer system types longer than `long'.
Please send bug reports specific to this unofficial version of GNU `tar'
to <eggert@twinsun.com>.
* Support for large files, e.g. files larger than 2 GB on many 32-bit hosts.
Also, support for larger uids, device ids, etc.
* Many bug fixes.
* This release is intended only as a bugfix release. A more ambitious version,
with new features, is also available as part of paxutils. Please see:
http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/paxutils/
The bug fixes in this release are intended to be merged with paxutils
at some point, but they haven't been merged as of this writing.
This is not intended to be a forked release for GNU tar; it's
just an interim experimental release, mostly intended for
large file hosts. The patches of this
release have all been (or will be) submitted via the usual channels and
they should no longer be needed once the next official release
of GNU tar is out.
Version 1.12 - Fran<61>ois Pinard, 1997-04.

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This is an unofficial port of GNU `tar' 1.12 to large
file environments like Solaris 2.6 and HP-UX 10.20 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, and fixes some other well-known bugs in GNU tar 1.12.
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.
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All are available on GNU archive sites, like in
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/.
Send bug reports to `tar-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu'. (Beware, old-timers: it is
Send bug reports to `tar-bugs@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