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Paul Eggert
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NEWS
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GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes.
Copyright <20> 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.
Version 1.12 - Fran<61>ois Pinard, 1997-04.

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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.