X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=debian%2Ftar;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FREADME;fp=doc%2FREADME;h=1dadfd02245f5dc65310066da3c208d3f575cccc;hp=164d5e68390953f84d22c66ec9f1da50d9461a2b;hb=cda5bf32a062c3da43913099f170f0987d780fdf;hpb=3aafbd66a0fa7396af0e2ed3f422c4de268ed4fe diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README index 164d5e68..1dadfd02 100644 --- a/doc/README +++ b/doc/README @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ Unfortunately, the info document describing tar is licensed under the GFDL with invariant cover texts, which violates the Debian Free Software Guidelines. As a result, the info documentation for tar has been completely removed from the -Debian package. Instead, we deliver a tar man page that was created from -scratch for the Debian project. +Debian package. Fortunately, since 1.28 the upstream tar package includes +man page sources, so at least that documentation is included in the Debian +main tar package. -If you want to read the complete documentation for GNU tar, please either +If you want to read the complete info documentation for GNU tar, please either install the 'tar-doc' package from Debian's non-free repository, or refer to the online version at .