X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=8975d724ac70e9444984230046d40a3e91d3b65c;hp=3365dcac801ffc4ea18469caf348370f2333eb3d;hb=3b637b35632a982720be3891a3726cc1af8545e1;hpb=5ea71b35aff264dea029792b1fdb3404c6bd9d54 diff --git a/README b/README index 3365dcac..8975d724 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ INTRODUCTION -This is wimlib version 1.9.1-BETA (February 2016). wimlib is a C library for +This is wimlib version 1.11.0-BETA4 (December 2016). wimlib is a C library for creating, modifying, extracting, and mounting files in the Windows Imaging Format (WIM files). wimlib and its command-line frontend 'wimlib-imagex' provide a free and cross-platform alternative to Microsoft's WIMGAPI, ImageX, @@ -146,15 +146,10 @@ dependencies were already included and this section is irrelevant. automatically be loaded if you try to mount a WIM image. For more information see http://fuse.sourceforge.net/. -* libattr (optional but recommended) - Unless configured --without-fuse, wimlib also requires libattr. Almost - all Linux distributions should include this; however, you may need to - install the header files, which might be in a package named "attr-dev", - "libattr1-dev", or similar. - * libntfs-3g (optional but recommended) Unless configured --without-ntfs-3g, wimlib requires the library and - headers for libntfs-3g version 2011-4-12 or later to be installed. + headers for libntfs-3g to be installed. The minimum required version is + 2011-4-12, but newer versions contain important bug fixes. * OpenSSL / libcrypto (optional) wimlib can use the SHA-1 message digest implementation from libcrypto @@ -189,7 +184,7 @@ This section documents the most important options that may be passed to the --without-fuse The --without-fuse option disables support for mounting WIM images. - This removes dependencies on libfuse, librt, and libattr. The wimmount, + This removes dependencies on libfuse and librt. The wimmount, wimmountrw, and wimunmount commands will not work. The default is --with-fuse when building for Linux, and --without-fuse @@ -263,9 +258,9 @@ If you are looking for an archive format that provides features similar to WIM but was designed primarily for UNIX, you may want to consider SquashFS (http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/). However, you may find that wimlib works surprisingly well on UNIX. It will store hard links and symbolic links, and it -has optional support for storing UNIX owners, groups, modes, and special files -such as device nodes and FIFOs. Actually, I use it to back up my own files on -Linux! +supports storing standard UNIX file permissions (owners, groups, and modes); +special files such as device nodes and FIFOs; and extended attributes. +Actually, I use it to back up my own files on Linux! HISTORY @@ -275,9 +270,13 @@ the code has been entirely rewritten and improved (main author: Eric Biggers). Windows support has been available since version 1.3.0 (March 2013). A list of version-to-version changes can be found in the NEWS file. - LICENSE AND DISCLAIMER + NOTICES + +wimlib is free software that comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by +law. See the COPYING file for more details. -See COPYING for information about the license. +Bug reports, suggestions, and other contributions are appreciated and may be +sent via email to ebiggers3@gmail.com or posted to https://wimlib.net/forums. wimlib is independently developed and does not contain any code, data, or files copyrighted by Microsoft. It is not known to be affected by any patents. @@ -287,5 +286,6 @@ libcrypto (OpenSSL), configure with --without-libcrypto. This replaces the SHA1 implementation with built-in code and there will be no difference in functionality. -wimlib comes with no warranty whatsoever. Please submit a bug report (to -ebiggers3@gmail.com) if you find a bug in wimlib and/or wimlib-imagex. +Note: copyright years may be listed using range notation, e.g., 2012-2016, +indicating that every year in the range, inclusive, is a copyrightable year that +would otherwise be listed individually.