[Bug-tar] [PATCH] removal of cover texts

[Brian Gough]

Hello
I noticed that the tar manual includes cover texts which could
actually be removed.  The maintainers guide says

  If your manual is not published by the FSF, and under 400 pages, you
  can omit both cover texts.

The tar manual meets both criteria by my count (242 pages).  The tar
manual is currently not in Debian main, and removing the cover texts
would make that possible.

Brian Gough

---
 doc/tar.texi |   11 +++--------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi
index 48e8c3c..d167e1b 100644
--- a/doc/tar.texi
+++ b/doc/tar.texi
@@ -43,14 +43,9 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 
2000, 2001,
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
-Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual'',
-and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below.  A copy of the license
-is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
-License''.
-
-(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have the freedom to
-copy and modify this GNU manual.  Buying copies from the FSF
-supports it in developing GNU and promoting software freedom.''
+Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover 
+Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled 
+``GNU Free Documentation License''.
 @end quotation
 @end copying
 
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