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utils-linux-ng
(fork of util-linux, based on version 2.13-pre7)
util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities
WEB PAGE:
http://kernel.org/~kzak/util-linux-ng/
MAILING LIST:
E-MAIL: util-linux-ng@vger.kernel.org
URL: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#util-linux-ng
DOWNLOAD:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/
SOURCE CODE:
Web interface:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git
Checkout:
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git util-linux-ng
NLS (PO TRANSLATIONS):
PO files are maintained by:
http://translationproject.org/domain/util-linux-ng.html
NEUTRALITY:
The stuff in util-linux-ng should be rather distribution-neutral.
No RPMs/DEBs/... are provided - get yours from your distributor.
VERSION SCHEMA:
Standard releases:
<major>.<minor>[.<maint>[.<bugfix>]]
major = fatal and deep changes
minor = typical release with new fetures
maint = maintenance releases; bug fixes only
bugfix = unplanned releases for critical/security bugs
Development releases:
<major>.<minor><suffix>
suffix = "devel" or "-rc<N>"
COMPILATION:
See the INSTALL file for more details.
Notes:
* use SUID_CFLAGS and SUID_LDFLAGS when you want to define special
compiler options for typical suid programs, for example:
./configure SUID_CFLAGS="-fpie" SUID_LDFLAGS="-pie"
This feature is currently supported for chfn, chsh, newgrp,
write, mount, and umount.