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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


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>

             major = fatal and deep changes
             minor = typical release with new fetures
             maint = maintenance releases; bug fixes only

      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.