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GNU AutoGen Version 5.18.7/AutoOpts Version 41.1

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GNU AutoGen/AutoOpts is a two-part project that serves two separate
purposes.  The two parts are combined because they are inextricably
intertwined:

AutoGen is a tool designed to simplify the creation and maintenance of
programs that contain large amounts of repetitious text.  It is
especially valuable in programs that have several blocks of text that
must be kept synchronized.

AutoOpts is both an example of that and a project in its own right.
It is a very powerful configuration file, environment variable and
command line option documentation and management tool consisting of a
set of AutoGen templates and a run time library that nearly eliminates
the hassle of managing, parsing and documenting program options.

The self-referential example:
http://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/man1-autogen.html

There are several other examples embedded in AutoGen:
A finite state machine generator, string name to enumeration value
conversions, and bit map and bit mask management, to name a few.

New in 5.18.7 - December, 2015
NEWS entries since the last release:

* Do not create debug file in a known /tmp location.
   (Obscure security issue)
* Configuration tweaks to adapt to HURD.
* Ensure consistency in tarball structure.
* Set a man page date.
* Fix a spelling error.

AutoGen home:    http://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/
primary ftp:     ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autogen/rel5.18.7/
.tar.gz:         ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autogen/rel5.18.7/autogen-5.18.7.tar.gz
.tar.xz:         ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autogen/rel5.18.7/autogen-5.18.7.tar.xz
bug reports:     autogen-users at the lists dot SourceForge net domain
bug archive:     http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=autogen-users
maintainer:      Bruce Korb - bkorb at the usual GNU domain

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GNU AutoGen Version 5.18.7/AutoOpts Version 41.1 Bruce Korb <bkorb@gnu.org> - 2015-12-06 16:58 -0800

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