ChangeLog
2011/07/17 - 1.18 -> 1.26
- Updated Slackware note for 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1
and 13.37, removed older
- Use ftpmirror.gnu.org instead of ftp.gnu.org
- Remove tar-x.x symlinks in /bin before 'make install'
2007/08/28 - 1.16.1 -> 1.18
- Updated Slackware note for 12.0
2007/03/16 - Note about trouble building the old version
2007/02/06 - 1.15.1 -> 1.16.1
- Removed gawk, sed, grep links (now at the top)
- Updated Slackware note for 10.2 and 11.0
Apr 4, 2006 - Fixed broken howto links
- Only run removepkg if it exists
- Remove the ~/src/tar-1.13 directory before extracting
it
- Make sure your non-root account can write to all files
in the source directory
Jul 28, 2005 - Added backup download URL to ibiblio
- Rearranged options to shut up new version of find
- Run chown -R root:root on the source directory when
$UID = 0 (when you're logged in as root)
May 10, 2005 - Updated Slackware note for 10.1
- Removed gcc, make, binutils, fileutils/coreutils links
- Added a link to the gmime howto
- Changed download URLs from ftp to http
- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
Dec 27, 2004 - 1.14 -> 1.15.1
- Updated a few misc notes about gmime's uudecode, etc.
- Since we install tar 1.13 first and use the shar.gz for it,
we can go back to using the tar.bz2 for 1.15.1
- Added md5sum verification for those that don't have gpg
installed
Jun 17, 2004 - 1.13.25 -> 1.14
- Switched from tar.bz2 download to shar.gz, so you can
install it if you don't have an older version of tar
installed
- Added prerequisites
- Added gpg verification of tarball
- Use mode 700 when creating ~/installed
- Added installation of tar 1.13 as /bin/tar-1.13, for
Slackware's package tools
- Added note about a problem with gmime's uudecode
Mar 25, 2003 - Added removal of old versions
- Added reusing existing tarball (for rebuilding it)
- Added --disable-nls to configure line, removal of old
.mo files
Apr 29, 2002 - First entry