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Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 08:10:15 -0600 (CST)
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From: "Dr. Volker Zell" <dr DOT volker DOT zell AT oracle DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: man-1.5o1-1
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Hi

A new version of 'man' has been uploaded to a server near you.


DESCRIPTION:
============
Man, apropos and whatis.


CYGWIN NEWS:
============

 - Fixed postinstall bug 571 (see http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=571)

 - The following problem with not honoring MANWIDTH seems to be fixed upstream
   (http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-11/msg00867.html)
    

man NEWS:
=========

man-1.5o1:

- Fixed man2html array overflow


More details about the individuell bugs can be found under the URL

 o http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=XXXXX
 
where XXXXX represents the numeric bug id.

- upgrade to 1.5o1: update patches, remove gencat iconv and posix
  page hacks as they're upstream fixed (#128691, #129882)
- nroff not called with -rLL=, -rLT= parameters which should contain
  value from get_line_width()/MANWIDTH (#80893)
- append ".color" request to groff output to control color/monochrome
  control via the new man "-b" switch (#120112)
- reverse iconv catmsgs for legacy enc support (#138199) Thanks to
  Andy Shevchenko
- update English man page: remove obsolete LESSCHARSET reference (#133521);
  add -b switch and NOCOLOR conf directive
- "Welche Handbuchseite soll angezeigt werden?" (#135995)
- replace russian messages (#134387) Thanks to Leonid Kanter


INSTALLATION:
=============
To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
the http://cygwin.com/ web page.  This downloads setup.exe to your
system.  Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up
the above mentioned package from the 'Doc' category.


DOWNLOAD:
=========
Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't
allowed due to bandwidth limitations.  This means that you will need
to find a mirror which has this update, please choose the one nearest to
you: http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html


QUESTIONS:
==========
If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing
list is the appropriate place.


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  Volker


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