[PATCH] Update install document to require GNU tar 1.14

Gerald Pfeifer gerald@pfeifer.com
Fri Feb 24 20:33:00 GMT 2006


On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, David Edelsohn wrote:
> 	While testing GCC 4.1 RC1, I discovered that GNU tar 1.13 corrupts
> some long filenames and cannot untar the distribution.  This patch updates
> the documentation to require at least version 1.14 of GNU tar.  I know
> that 1.15.1 works.
> 
> David
> 
> 	* doc/install.texi: Require GNU tar version 1.14.

Thanks for diagnosing that and adjusting the docs, David!

Mark, this may be something for the release announcement as well?

Gerald



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