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Article #567GNU AutoGen Version 5.11.5/AutoOpts Version 33.4
From: Bruce Korb
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:03
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:03
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Note: 5.11.4 was never announced. It was announced by someone else before it was polished so there may be a counterfeit out there, unless you got it from gnu.org. (I did release it after the counterfeit announcement.) I've done some more polishing: GNU AutoGen/AutoOpts is a two-part project that serves two separate purposes. The two parts are combined because they are inextricably intertwined: AutoGen is a tool designed to simplify the creation and maintenance of programs that contain large amounts of repetitious text. It is especially valuable in programs that have several blocks of text that must be kept synchronized. AutoOpts is both an example of that and a project in its own right. It is a very powerful configuration file, environment variable and command line option management tool consisting of a set of AutoGen templates and a run time library that nearly eliminates the hassle of managing, parsing and documenting program options. The self-referential example: http://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/man1-autogen.html New in 5.11.5 - December, 2010 * When "columns" puts a special prefix on the first line, it now tests to see if it is longer than the indentation. If so, that first prefix has the line separator, new line and indentation strings appended to it. * Fixed a fence post bug triggered by creating temporary strings 8160 through 8163 bytes long. * dependency output files should be readable by everyone. * The executable programs used to create documentation are now existence tested and made in the make rules instead of being listed in documentation dependencies. 5.11.4: * various test fixes: accommodate some severe brokenness in Solaris' shells Fix a seg fault on Solaris * Do not install .m4 files used to create configure script AutoGen home: http://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/ primary ftp: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autogen/rel5.11.5/ .tar.gz: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autogen/rel5.11.5/autogen-5.11.5.tar.gz library project: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libopts/rel33.4/ bug reports: autogen-users at the lists dot SourceForge net domain bug archive: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=7034 maintainer: Bruce Korb - bkorb at the usual GNU domain
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