Message-Id:	<200303281907.h2SJ7P819726@delorie.com>
Sender:	rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk
Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:03:47 +0000
From:	Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To:	DJGPP announcements <djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	ANNOUNCE: Release 6 of DJGPP port of fileutils 4.1

Hello.

fileutils is a set of file management programs like cp, mv, rm, mkdir. Release
6 of the port of fileutils 4.1 to DJGPP is now available.

This release fixes a bug with "ln -s":

The DJGPP port of "ln -s" does not support symlinks. It does, however,
generate executable stubs, when linking against executables. E.g.:

    ln -s foo.exe bar

will create bar.exe. Previously "ln -s" may have incorrectly created a stub
executable for a non-executable file. E.g.: "ln -s baz bar" may have created
bar.exe, when baz was not executable. This happened when the source file was
less than 8 bytes in size. This bug has been fixed.

I recommend that people using the binary package upgrade, to get a fixed
version of 'ln'.

To use the Fileutils programs, you only need to download the binary
distribution. You may also want to download the documentation distribution, to
get the documentation in HTML, PostScript and DVI formats. If you want to
examine or rebuild the Fileutils sources, you need to download the source
distribution.

The Fileutils port is available here:

http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/fil41b.zip&name=fil41b.zip

http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/fil41d.zip&name=fil41d.zip

http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/fil41s.zip&name=fil41s.zip

Please read the file gnu/filutil4.1/djgpp/readme.dos in whichever distribution
you download. This contains important instructions on installing and using
Fileutils.

You can also read the readme and changelog files online:

http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/djgpp/fileutils/4.1/djgpp/readme.dos
http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/djgpp/fileutils/4.1/djgpp/changelog.dos

If you encounter any problems with this port, please feel free to contact me
by e-mail (address below). I also try to read the DJGPP newsgroup,
comp.os.msdos.djgpp, on a regular basis.

Regards,

-- 
Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]

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