FYI: GNU Tar 1.19 for OpenVMS Alpha 8.3 is available.

[John E. Malmberg]

Announcing GNU Tar 1.19 for OpenVMS Alpha 8.3.

This version is designed to work with GNV gzip and bzip2, but can also 
be used as a standalone utility.

I ran as many of the tests as I could from the test suite for gnu tar, 
and was able to create and read an 8 GB archive.  This is documented in 
the release notes.

The package can be downloaded in ZIP form from:

ftp://ftp.encompasserve.org/gnv/jem-axpvms-gnutar-v0119--1.zip

While the .ZIP file can be unpacked on any system, its content is a 
PCSI$COMPRESSED kit that as far as I know can only be read on VMS 
systems.  The sources including all scripts needed for building are 
contained in VMS Backup Savesets that can be optionally installed from 
the kit.

-John
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