Hi all, GNU Stow 2.2.0 is now available for download from
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/stow/ and also from the mirrors[1] as soon as they catch up. 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 2.1.3 (see the ChangeLog for full details). In particular, note that `-a' is no longer available for enabling the adoption feature; please use `--adopt' instead. --------- 8< --------- 8< --------- 8< --------- 8< --------- 8< --------- * Changes in version 2.2.0 ** New --no-folding option Disables folding of newly stowed directories when stowing, and refolding of newly foldable directories when unstowing. ** Remove -a option (--adopt still available) As --adopt is the only option which allows stow to modify files, it is considered potentially dangerous (especially for stow package directories which are not managed by a version control system). Therefore it seems prudent to require a bit more effort from the user to enable this option, minimising the change of enabling it via a typo. ** Improve error message when stow package is not found. The error message displayed a path to the missing stow package which was relative to the target directory rather than the cwd, which was confusing for the user. ** Test suite improvements The test suite has been tightened up slightly. ** Documentation improvements Various fixes and cosmetic improvements have been made in the manual. ** Remove "There are no outstanding operations to perform" warning. --------- 8< --------- 8< --------- 8< --------- 8< --------- 8< --------- 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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