Changelog for autopkg
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Version 0.8.9  March 26, 2005

  disabled program due to inability to create proper packages
  updated log file name matching to new system
  stop changing - to _ in the 'name' portion of the package filename

Version 0.8.8  October 24, 2004

  uses Archive::Tar version 1.10
  added some distcc support, with two new variables:
    $opt_jobs defaulting to '-j2', and $def_cc which will be
    'CC=distcc' if $ENV{DISTCC_HOSTS} is defined
  sub preserve_config will accept filenames beginning with $PKGDIR

Version 0.8.7  June 24, 2004

  change package name match to allow build identifiers with non-digits
  stop stripping static libraries: --strip-unneeded sometimes
    strips needed
  added $OPTIONS{ZIPDIRS}
  %DIROWNER now properly affects directory ownership

Version 0.8.6  June 14, 2004

  changed default x86 arch to i486
  added $ID/-i/--id for package name
  include only most recent rules in distribution

Version 0.8.5  March 9, 2004

  fixed broken sample.autopkgrc
  fixed a precedence warning about &

Version 0.8.4  December 18, 2003

  fixed bugs in installwatch logfile usage
  fixed some rules files that install Perl modules (Perl 5.8.0's
    MakeMaker is substantially different from previous versions)
  work around odd relocations of perllocal.pod
  added check_perl_module()
  perllocal.pod handling updates
  added -b/--build <num> option
  noted that Archive::Tar version 0.22 is required

Version 0.8.3  July 17, 2002

  added sub preserve_config
  added variables $vermajor, $verminor, $verpatchlevel
  added perllocal.pod handling
  added -N/--nopause option
  added --iw option to use installwatch log files
  changed apply_patches() to use compressed patches

Version 0.8.2  July 5, 2002

  added function "addsource"
  changed usage of existing doinst.sh script such that if there's no
    token for the placement of the shell code that creates symlinks,
    it will be inserted at the beginning of the file.
  sort filenames in the output tarball
  added hash %DIROWNERS
  cause combinepkgs() to retain special file ownerships
  added hash %SUBS, and substitutions in descriptions
  added utility "pkginfo" as an extra goodie
  changed the tarball's directory naming and inclusion so they'll
    install properly in Slackware 8.1

Version 0.8.1  June 16, 2002

  fix stowfile behavior when asked to create a file with mode 000
  use Cwd 'abs_path' instead of realpath for compatibility with
    perl 5.004
  add handling of zipped sources

Version 0.8  March 19, 2002

  added function getconfig
  made pkgdiff utility examine installed packages as well
  added slack-desc handling
  added $PKGFORMAT, $ARCH, and $BUILD for the package's filename

Version 0.7.1  November 30, 2001

  fixed parsing of group ids which might be space-separated lists of numbers
  fixed inclusion of symbolic links in tarball
  don't require ~/.autopkgrc
  added apply_patches function

Version 0.7  August 7, 2001

  make build process pause for failures by signal as well
  don't abort build if shellcmd is passed no purpose
  changed doinst.sh symlinks token to @SYMLINKS@
  added handy sub docfiles()

Version 0.1.4   July 30, 2001

  added $SOURCES directory setting
  fixed documentation header to =pod (was =cut)
  fixed --combine
  input filename checker ignores 'src'

Version 0.1.3   June 27, 2001

  input filename regex changed to include trailing -<digit> in version
  stripping changed to use --strip-unneeded
  added --combine

Version 0.1.2   May 24, 2001

  ziptree() fixes single-level symlinks broken as a result of compressing
  streamlined the tarring-up code

Version 0.1.1   March 26, 2001

  Pauses before wiping out temporary directories after a failure.
  mkdirs() doesn't choke if a directory already exists.
  fixed tarring up of symbolic links
  doesn't choke if the install directory already exists.
  changed INSTSCRIPT option to SCRIPTLINKS, as the name was misleading
  will add symlink code to a custom doinst.sh script if desired
  proper error reporting when the rules file has a compile error
  added some version support
  made stowfile() accept an optional mode parameter
  added -d, --destdir option
  fixed copyfiles() bug when file subdir specified
  added ziptree()
  stop symbolstrip() from trying to follow symlinks

Version 0.1     December 18, 2000

  First release.