X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=8975d724ac70e9444984230046d40a3e91d3b65c;hp=3a396fdcd240b4694984913766ec7102064bd094;hb=3b637b35632a982720be3891a3726cc1af8545e1;hpb=dcdce8f085b55b0907e84ff88d43c96003d84458 diff --git a/README b/README index 3a396fdc..8975d724 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ INTRODUCTION -This is wimlib version 1.9.2 (June 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