Hi all, GNU Stow 2.1.2 is now available for download from
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/stow/ and also from the mirrors[1] as soon as they catch up. This is a minor release which fixes some installation issues and improves the installation instructions. If you have already successfully installed Stow 2.1.x then it is probably not worth upgrading to 2.1.2. Stow is a tool for managing the installation of multiple software packages to a shared run-time directory tree (e.g. /usr/local) via symlinks, whilst keeping the files from each package separate. Whilst it has often been used to manage system-wide software installations, it also provides a clean mechanism for managing software and configuration files in users' home directories[2]. More information is available at the homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/ Below are the headline changes since 2.1.1 (see the ChangeLog for full details). * Changes in version 2.1.2 Many thanks to Stefano Lattarini for help with numerous autoconf and automake issues which are addressed in this release. ** Significantly improve the handling of --with-pmdir. *** Calculation of the default value for --with-pmdir is now done safely in Perl. Previously non-POSIX-compliant shells could cause issues. *** The output of ./configure and make are now much more helpful. *** The Makefile will now check whether pmdir is in Perl's built-in @INC. If not, it will insert a use lib "..."; line into the generated stow script to ensure that it can always locate the Perl modules without needing to manually set PERL5LIB. *** Updated INSTALL and HOWTO-RELEASE accordingly. ** ./configure now aborts if Perl isn't found. ** Ensured the ChangeLog is up-to-date when making a new distribution. ** Fixed bug with `make clean' removing files which the user may not be able to rebuild. Happy hacking, Adam [1] You can see a list of mirrors at <http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html> or use <http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/stow/> which will automatically redirect to a nearby mirror. [2] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-stow/2011-12/msg00000.html
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