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- Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
- Author(s): Francois Marier
- Date: 2008-06-24 16:57:28 UTC
- mfrom: (3.1.3 intrepid)
- Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20080624165728-0w49yzajqu84lxg8
Tags: 0.35.0-4
Fix typos in README.Debian
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NEWS
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2004-07-05
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Version 0.29.0.
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2008-06-08: atool 0.35.0 released.
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Now detect self-extracting ZIP archives using file (suggested by Jens
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Schleusener).
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Added "use_file_always" option to always identify using file (suggested
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by Thomas Link).
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Now identify compressed files (bzip2, bzip, gzip, compress) when using
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"use_file" option.
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Improved error messages (from Ed Avis).
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Fix manpage hyphens (patch from Francois Marier).
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Added -o, --option option to change a configuration option.
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Added support for rzip and lrzip archives.
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Use '-c' option with compressors such as gzip and bzip2 when piping
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output.
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Added support for pbzip2 (added configuration options path_pbzip2 and
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use_pbzip2).
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2008-04-03: atool 0.34.0 released.
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Added support for lzma (suggested by Ed Avis and Leif Thande, patch from
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Nick Matteo).
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Added extra directory.
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Now using automake.
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2007-08-22: atool 0.33.0 released.
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Change order of arguments in tar commands.
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Use 'f' option to tar when using archive from stdin/to stdout (by
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reported by Shotaro Aoyama).
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Fix configuration file bug: "use_arj_for_unpack" did not work
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(reported by Simon Peter).
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Minor build and documentation updates.
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2005-12-13: atool 0.32.0 released.
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Fixed bug in repack mode: Could not repack a compressed file into an
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archive, but could (incorrectly) repack an archive to a compressed file
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(reported by Meino Christian Cramer).
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Print ellipsis properly in output ("...", not "..") (patch from Ed Avis).
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Added support for Microsoft Cabinet archives.
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Ignore waitpid errors on win32 (patch from Ed Avis).
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2005-08-08: web page updated.
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Fixed some typos in the web page and NEWS file (will be updated for next
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release).
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2005-08-08: atool 0.31.0 released.
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ATTENTION: This release fixes a serious bug which might cause files and
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directories to be removed in some circumstances when using adiff. I
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recommend upgrading to the 0.31.0 immediately. If you cannot upgrade, you
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are safe as long as you do not use the adiff command on untrusted
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archives.
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Here are the details: Symbolic links would be followed when temporary
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directories were removed recursively. Only the adiff command removed
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directories in this way - the extracted files of the archives it
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compared. This means that if you ran adiff on an archive containing a
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symbolic link that pointed to, say, /foo, /foo would be removed
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recursively! This was due to a missing check for symbolic links. This bug
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was found by code auditing, and has been fixed in this release.
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Added arepack command (also -r, --repack) (previously incomplete and
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disabled, also suggested by Meino Christian Cramer).
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Added support for 7-Zip'ed TAR archives (.tar.7z) (suggested by Meino
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Christian Cramer).
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Implemented cat support for 7-Zip archives.
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Completed list of supported archive types in the manual page (some were
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missing).
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Improve --simulate and --explain.
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Added support for acat on Debian packages (patch from Peter Valdemar
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M�rch).
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Added support for extracting control files from Debian packages as well
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(patch from Peter Valdemar M�rch, thanks).
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Fixed some manual page typos.
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2005-07-25: atool 0.30.0 released.
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Added support for 7-Zip archives (.7z) using p7zip (suggested by Meino
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Christian Cramer).
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Added support for ALZip archives (.alz) using unalz.
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Added support for Debian package archives (.deb) files (contributed by
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Joao Lourenco).
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Fixed some typos in the manual page (reported by Stephane Jourdois).
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Added file matches for LHA SFX archives.
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Updated building of rpm and debian packages.
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Updated documentation.
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Got rid of year ranges in copyright.
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2004-07-05: atool 0.29.0 released.
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Added support for ar archive (.a) files (suggested by Wojtek Sczygiol).
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Improved and cleaned up handling of compressed files (single file
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archives), resulting in some bugs fixed.
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These files are now extracted to current directory.
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Implemented new options 'decompress_to_cwd'.
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2004-06-18
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Version 0.28.0.
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2004-06-18: atool 0.28.0 released.
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'make install' will now build everything before installing.
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Use detected perl path in atool executable (reported by Ed Avis).
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Fixed extraction of files from LHA archives (reported by Goetz Waschk
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and Matthew Mueller).
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Fixed extraction of files from LHA archives (reported by Goetz Waschk and
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Matthew Mueller).
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2003-11-14
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Version 0.27.0.
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2003-11-14: atool 0.27.0 released.
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Support for autoconf has been added (based on files from Hisham Muhammad,
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thanks).
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Added support for ARC files (suggested by Ed Avis).
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unarj was supported).
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Cleaned up and improved the manual page and README document.
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Fixed RAR identification from file(1) output.
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Now uses tar --bzip2 option instead of -j. The use_tar_j_option
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has been renamed to use_tar_bzip2_option (patch submitted by Ed Avis,
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thanks).
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Renamed the use_rar_for_unrar option to use_rar_for_unpack (old
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options will still work).
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Now uses tar --bzip2 option instead of -j. The use_tar_j_option has been
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renamed to use_tar_bzip2_option (patch submitted by Ed Avis, thanks).
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Renamed the use_rar_for_unrar option to use_rar_for_unpack (old options
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will still work).
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Bumped copyright year.
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Removed the distdiff make target.
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2003-05-23
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Version 0.26.0.
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2003-05-23: atool 0.26.0 released.
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Added a new configuration option, use_rar_for_unrar (always use rar
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instead of unrar when possible).
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Added a new configuration option, strip_unknown_ext (strip unknown
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Some minor bug fixes for --simulate mode.
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Cleaned up error messages.
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2002-11-08
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Version 0.25.0.
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2002-11-08: atool 0.25.0 released.
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Implemented a new option keep_compressed to control whether the original
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file should be kept after packing/unpacking compressed files.
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Cleaned up code for handling compressed files.
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Replaced 'single-file-compressor' wording with 'file compressor'.
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Clarified meaning of PATH value to -X option.
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2002-10-09
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Version 0.24.0.
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2002-10-09: atool 0.24.0 released.
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If PAGER is set, use that for default pager instead.
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Debian and RPM packages now include symlinks to the manpage for aunpack,
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apack etc too. These symlinks are also installed during make install.
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Build fixes for RPM package from G�tz Waschk (thanks).
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Don't set root:root owner when installing files in Makefile.
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2002-09-28
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Version 0.23.0.
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Added new feature: If no file arguments are specified with apack, filenames are
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read from standard in.
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Added new option: -0, --null to specify that filenames read from standard in
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are separated by null-bytes.
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2002-09-28: atool 0.23.0 released.
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Added new feature: If no file arguments are specified with apack,
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filenames are read from standard in.
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Added new option: -0, --null to specify that filenames read from standard
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in are separated by null-bytes.
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Fixed tab stop in --help message.
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Exit with non-zero return code if any command failed.
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Cleaned up code (add parens around subroutine calls) to prevent weird bugs.
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Cleaned up code (add parens around subroutine calls) to prevent weird
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bugs.
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2002-09-17
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Version 0.22.0.
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Fixed use_gzip_for_z configuration option name typo (was cfg_use_gzip_for_z).
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2002-09-17: atool 0.22.0 released.
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Fixed use_gzip_for_z configuration option name typo (was
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cfg_use_gzip_for_z).
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New option use_find_cpio_print0 to make find use -print0 and cpio -0.
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Added support for lzop archives.
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2002-09-16
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Version 0.21.0.
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2002-09-16: atool 0.21.0 released.
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Use POSIX::getcwd instead of Cwd::cwd (fixes warnings with perl 5.8).
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Fixed some bugs for Perl 5.005 compatibility (reported by Nicholas Piper).
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Fixed some bugs for Perl 5.005 compatibility (reported by Nicholas
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Piper).
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Use sysopen instead of three argument open to open some files.
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Use POSIX::isprint instead of /[[:print:]]/.
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Added --subdir (-D) option to always extract to subdirectory.
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2002-09-08
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Version 0.20.0.
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2002-09-08: atool 0.20.0 released.
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Added support for cpio archives.
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Fixed bugs with --save-outdir (wouldn't save right directory),
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and updated manpage.
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Fixed bugs with --save-outdir (wouldn't save right directory), and
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updated manpage.
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Fixed help message ("current directory" => "specified directory").
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2002-07-13
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Version 0.19.0.
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2002-07-13: atool 0.19.0 released.
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Added PREFIX variable to Makefile (patch submitted by Dave Dribin).
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Updated man page with supported archive formats.
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Always run rar with the -r (recursive) option.
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Documented how to make aunpack change into the directory where files were
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extracted to (feature requested by Brian Hall).
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2002-07-02
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Version 0.18.0.
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Added support for rpm archives (patch submitted by Jo�o Louren�o - thanks!).
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Added configuration option `show_extracted' to always show what
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file was extracted. This is also the default behavior now.
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2002-07-02: atool 0.18.0 released.
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Added support for rpm archives (patch submitted by Jo�o Louren�o -
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thanks!).
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Added configuration option `show_extracted' to always show what file was
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extracted. This is also the default behavior now.
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Added adiff example to manpage.
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Running atool on files with names beginning with <, >, +, | or
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other similar characters could potentially have very bad effects
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on atool (such as files disappearing). This is fixed now.
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Running atool on files with names beginning with <, >, +, | or other
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similar characters could potentially have very bad effects on atool (such
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as files disappearing). This is fixed now.
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Updated the author's email address in the help and version messages.
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Improved error messages by quoting all filenames mentioned.
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No longer change mode on directories before removing them
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(now considered to be unsafe by myself, despite the fact that I
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wrote the code originally :).
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Atool can now be used on files with newline and delete characters
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in their names. (As a result of this, atool now uses the POSIX perl
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module.)
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No longer change mode on directories before removing them (now considered
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to be unsafe by myself, despite the fact that I wrote the code originally
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:).
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Atool can now be used on files with newline and delete characters in
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their names. (As a result of this, atool now uses the POSIX perl module.)
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2002-04-14
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Version 0.17.0.
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2002-04-14: atool 0.17.0 released.
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Added support for extraction of arj archives.
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Fixed symlink creation during make install (patch from Brian Hall).
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Fixed wording ("files in root" instead of "root files").
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Fixed adiff on compressed files (would have no effect, and would
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leave an Unpack dir).
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Fixed adiff on compressed files (would have no effect, and would leave an
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Unpack dir).
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2002-02-09
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Version 0.16.0.
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Added new option `args_diff' to control diff arguments
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(previously `-ru' was hardcoded in).
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2002-02-09: atool 0.16.0 released.
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Added new option `args_diff' to control diff arguments (previously `-ru'
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was hardcoded in).
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Updated wordings in the README.
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Reformatted NEWS file. :)
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Improved Makefile somewhat.
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Added support for ace archives (extraction and listing only).
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Mention URL for some archiver programs in the README.
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Version 0.15.0.
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2001-12-22: atool 0.15.0 released.
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Fixed a minor bug that would prevent atool from extracting archives with
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one non-writable root directory properly (reported by Matthew Mueller).
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Added files for making RPM packages of atool.
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Added TODO document.
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2001-11-17
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Version 0.14.0.
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2001-11-17: atool 0.14.0 released.
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Added support for .lha archives (with lha command).
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Fixed and improved the adiff command. (It will no longer ask before deleting files.)
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Fixed and improved the adiff command. (It will no longer ask before
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deleting files.)
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Changed default path for the compress command to 'compress'.
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Improved error messages.
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Some very minor bug fixes.
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2001-10-26
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Version 0.13.0.
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2001-10-26: atool 0.13.0 released.
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New command adiff that generates a diff between two archives.
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Documentation fixes.
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2001-09-18
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Version 0.12.0.
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Improved error messages when the program to execute does not exist
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(no more Perl warnings).
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2001-09-18: atool 0.12.0 released.
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Improved error messages when the program to execute does not exist (no
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more Perl warnings).
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The author has changed email-address to oskar@osk.mine.nu.
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2001-08-13
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Version 0.11.0.
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2001-08-13: atool 0.11.0 released.
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Improved error messages.
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The --each option can now be used with the add command. (This
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can be used to create multiple archives at a time.)
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The --each option can now be used with the add command. (This can be used
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to create multiple archives at a time.)
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Version 0.10.0.
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New option -e, --each to extract or list multiple archives in
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one command.
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Fixed a bug causing gzip, bzip, bzip2 and compress'd
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files not to be identified correctly.
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2001-08-01: atool 0.10.0 released.
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New option -e, --each to extract or list multiple archives in one
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command.
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Fixed a bug causing gzip, bzip, bzip2 and compress'd files not to be
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identified correctly.
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Added sections `Examples' and `Known Bugs' to the manual page.
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2001-07-16
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Version 0.9.0.
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Rethought the verbosity options. New options: -v, --verbose and -V,
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--verbosity. Default verbosity level can now be set in configuration file.
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Changed behaviour of apack on compressed (gzip, bzip2, ..) files
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(didn't work before).
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--verbosity. Default verbosity level can now be set in configuration
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file.
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Changed behaviour of apack on compressed (gzip, bzip2, ..) files (didn't
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work before).
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Now file's -z option is used to identify more formats.
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Included more information in the manual page (about configuration etc).
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New option --config to load a specific configuration file.
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The temporary extraction directory is now removed on exit, if it is empty.
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The temporary extraction directory is now removed on exit, if it is
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empty.
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Now refuses to overwrite existing files when creating archives.
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Minor bug fixes, error message improvements and typo corrections.
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Version 0.8.0.
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2001-07-05: atool 0.8.0 released.
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Added support for configuration files. System-wide (/etc/atool.conf) and
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user (~/.atoolrc) configuration files are supported.
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Added support for identifying files using file(1). See the README file
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overwritten when extracting files (these symlinks were previously
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considered to be non-existant themselves).
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The NEWS file is included again.
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Added option (use_gzip_for_z) to control whether to use gzip or uncompress
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to decompress .Z files.
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Added option (use_gzip_for_z) to control whether to use gzip or
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uncompress to decompress .Z files.
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Some minor bug fixes.
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2001-04-16
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Version 0.7.0.
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Fixed all commands for tar archives (output would be written to
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stdout and input read from stdin by default),
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When extracting tar.Z archives, extension wouldn't be removed from
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output directory. This has been fixed now.
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2001-04-16: atool 0.7.0 released.
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Fixed all commands for tar archives (output would be written to stdout
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and input read from stdin by default),
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When extracting tar.Z archives, extension wouldn't be removed from output
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directory. This has been fixed now.
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Manual format (with --format) wouldn't work at all. This is fixed now.
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Added -F as an alias for --format.
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Recognize .war as a JAR archive.
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Version 0.6.0.
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Added this NEWS document.
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Complete rewrite resulting in cleaner and better code.
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Added support for rar archives.
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New option "-p, --page", to send output through pager.
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New option "-E, --explain" to have atool explain what is being done.
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New option "-S, --simulate" to have atool simulate commands.
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Changed "-X, --extract-here" command to "-X, --extract-to" that requires a
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PATH argument.
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Changed "-X, --extract-here" command to "-X, --extract-to" that requires
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a PATH argument.
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The temporary extraction directory is now named "Unpack-XXXX", instead of
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"atool-unpack-XXXX".
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Added configuration options for setting path of programs to use.
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Added configuration options for controlling name of temporary extraction
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directory.
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Implemented a command line generation engine so that /bin/sh is used
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only when necessary.
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Implemented a command line generation engine so that /bin/sh is used only
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when necessary.
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Now uses strict.
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2001-03-28
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Version 0.5.0.
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Rereleased with new version number (0.3.0 was released as 0.4.0 on Freshmeat).
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2001-03-28: atool 0.5.0 released.
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Rereleased with new version number (0.3.0 was released as 0.4.0 on
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Freshmeat).
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2001-03-27
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Version 0.4.0.
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2001-03-27: atool 0.4.0 released.
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Added forward function declarations to fix "X called to early to check
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prototype" messages generated by Perl 5.6.
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Added files for making Debian packages of atool.
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Added manpage for atool.
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Added more license text from COPYING to the atool source and README file.
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2001-03-24
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Version 0.3.0.
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Fixed "Use of uninitialized value" messages when extracting from archives.
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Added support for jar archives, and use_jar_program configuration variable.
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2001-03-24: atool 0.3.0 released.
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Fixed "Use of uninitialized value" messages when extracting from
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archives.
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Added support for jar archives, and use_jar_program configuration
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variable.
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The "-q, --quiet" option is now listed in help message.
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Configuration variables are now better documented in the README.
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Some cleanup of the atool code.
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Use exec instead of system where possible.
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2001-03-21
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Version 0.2.0.
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2001-03-21: atool 0.2.0 released.
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Now creates temporary extraction directory only when necessary.
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Display a message when list command is run on compressed files.
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2001-03-17
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Version 0.1.0.
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2001-03-17: atool 0.1.0 released.
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First public release.
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