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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ See the end for copying conditions.
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Please send GNU tar bug reports to <[email protected]>
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-version 1.13.94 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2004-04-04
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+version 1.14 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2004-05-11
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* Added support for POSIX.1-2001 and ustar archive formats.
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* New option --format allows to select the output archive format
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@@ -54,10 +54,16 @@ option is given to configure.
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* By default tar searches "rmt" utility in "$prefix/libexec/rmt",
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which is consistent with the location where the version of "rmt"
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included in the package is installed. Previous versions of tar
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-used "/etc/rmt". The full path name to the "rmt" utility may
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-be overridden either while configuring the package, by setting
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-DEFAULT_RMT_COMMAND variable, or on runtime, by giving option
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---rmt-command to tar.
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+used "/etc/rmt". To install "rmt" to its traditional location,
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+run configure with option --libexecdir=/etc. Otherwise, if you
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+already have rmt installed and wish to use it, instead of the
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+shipped in version, set the variable DEFAULT_RMT_COMMAND to
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+the full path name of the utility, e.g. ./configure
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+DEFAULT_RMT_COMMAND=/etc/rmt.
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+
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+Notice also that the full path name of the "rmt" utility to
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+use can be set at runtime, by giving option --rmt-command to
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+tar.
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* Removed obsolete command line options:
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** --absolute-paths superseded by --absolute-names
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