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- This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of GNU cpio
- (including mt).
-
- This package was put together by Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.org>,
- from sources obtained from:
- prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu
-
- This package has been modified by Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>.
- Modifications of cpio package for Debian GNU/Linux Copyright (C)
- 1996-2002 Brian Mays and are released under the GPL (on Debian systems
- see "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL").
-
- Changes:
- * added Debian GNU/Linux package maintenance system files
- * split cpio and mt into two separate Debian binary packages
- * fixed "mt -V" bug
- * modified cpio to print a list of filenames terminated by a null
- character when the -t and -0 flags are used
- * eliminated a spurious error message printed when the -a flag is
- used on a read-only filesystem
- * fixed a remote ioctl bug in mt that caused spurious error messages
- when commands were sent to a remote tape device
- * added SCSI support to mt
- * fixed "cpio --sparse" bug
- * added an rmt man page (from BSD).
- * fixed a bug that could cause an endless loop
- * fixed a bug that can occur when restoring a whole filesystem
- * fixed problem causing corruption of old style ascii cpio archives
- * fixed a bug that prevents cpio from being compiled with glibc 2.1
- * added an rsh-command option to cpio and mt
- * made ssh the default remote command (instead of rsh)
- * fixed bug causing cpio to segfault when the tar format is used
- * fixed bugs causing cpio to use the wrong minor device numbers
- * fixed bug in rmt causing problems on systems (such as the Hurd)
- where sys_errlist is not available
- * modified cpio so that the -v and -V flags work with
- --only-verify-crc
- * modified cpio so that creating directories with the -d option honors
- the umask
- * fixed typos in find_inode_file function causing it to occasionally
- miss inodes
-
- GNU cpio is Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
- Public License can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL".
-