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@@ -12,32 +12,38 @@ The following is a short description of the tests:
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* gtarfail.sh and gtarfile2.tar
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-Need gtarfile.tar and gtarfile2.tar, respectively. These are POSIX
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-compliant tar files that were not accepted by previous versions of
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-GNU tar.
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+These tests require gtarfile.tar and gtarfile2.tar, respectively.
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+These files are POSIX compliant tar archives that were not accepted
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+by previous versions of GNU tar.
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+* multi-fail.sh
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+Requires gnu-multi-fail-volume1.gtar and gnu-multi-fail-volume2.gtar.
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+These are two parts of a multi-volume archive that previous versions
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+of tar refused to read (at least, without -B option).
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* ustar-big-2g.sh
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-Needs ustar-big-2g.tar.bz2. It is a tar archive containing a file with
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+Requires ustar-big-2g.tar.bz2. It is a tar archive containing a file with
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the largest size that a historic tar implementation is able to understand.
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* ustar-big-8g.sh
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-Needs ustar-big-8g.tar.bz2. This is a test for reading an archive containing
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+Requires ustar-big-8g.tar.bz2. This is a test for reading an archive containing
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files with the largest size that may be used with ustar (POSIX.1-1990)
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format.
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* pax-big-10g.sh
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-Needs pax-big-10g.tar.bz2. It tests handling pax (POSIX.1-2001) archves
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+Requires pax-big-10g.tar.bz2. It tests handling pax (POSIX.1-2001) archves
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containing very large files (in this case -- 1 GB).
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* qucktest.sh
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-A test for compliance to POSIX.1-1990 tar specification. Needs
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+A test for compliance to POSIX.1-1990 tar specification. It requires
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the files ustar-all-quicktest.tar and quicktest.filelist. Apart
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from them, the `tartest' program from 'star' package is needed.
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-This test may be run only with root privileges, so it is a good
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+The test may be run only with root privileges, so it is a good
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idea to test the contents of ustar-all-quicktest.tar before running
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it.
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