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04/06/2006:

22:43 Changeset [775945f]1.02.32.3.x2.4ablfsablfs-morelegacynew_featurestrunk by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Small code fix.
22:41 Changeset [a241c33]1.02.32.3.x2.4ablfsablfs-morelegacynew_featurestrunk by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Fixed locales creation when running chapter05 test suites. Fixed the …
19:35 Changeset [877cc6a]1.02.32.3.x2.4ablfsablfs-morelegacynew_featurestrunk by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Merged experimental branch to trunk. Updated TODO.

04/05/2006:

00:36 Changeset [3e0594f]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
common/func_validate_config.sh, clean up some coding when checking …

04/04/2006:

22:59 Changeset [7e6ddf0]experimental by Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@…>
Another minor grammar fix
22:50 Changeset [da626a9]experimental by Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@…>
Minor grammar fixes.
22:45 Changeset [f7590ba]experimental by Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@…>
Change 'JHALFS-X' to 'jhalfs-X' for the sake of consistency.

04/03/2006:

16:01 Changeset [466b5cc]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
README, adjust line lenght
14:10 Changeset [aaa4612]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
README, added to FAQ

03/30/2006:

18:53 Changeset [854cde2]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
README, the grammar police stood over my shoulder
18:26 Changeset [67e3bc3]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Small text fixes. Placing authors in alphabetical order.
03:52 Changeset [b051b90]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
common/makefile_functions, minor text change
02:37 Changeset [0b7ca8b]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
common/makefile_functions, minor test change
01:03 Changeset [fcf5226]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
README, addition text..

03/29/2006:

22:47 Changeset [c155162]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
common/makefile_functions, changed a line of text to _generic_ version
20:34 Changeset [a0ed344]1.02.32.3.x2.4ablfsablfs-morelegacynew_featurestrunk by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
TODO update.
19:59 Changeset [b287536]1.02.32.3.x2.4ablfsablfs-morelegacynew_featurestrunk by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Updated TODO
19:47 Changeset [3051f95]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
common/func_validate_configs.sh,. removed display trace option, always …
19:46 Changeset [7f38b6d]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Creating /ect/lfs-release also in CLFS.
19:31 Changeset [a110145]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Removed some superflous verbosity.
19:09 Changeset [bc097cd]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Forgot to remove patcheslist.xsl.
19:03 Changeset [db187c74]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Fixed clean-all targets.
18:58 Changeset [650134b]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Fixed a comment
18:48 Changeset [6b1576a]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Skip console script also in LFS
18:41 Changeset [916a8e9]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Revised the comments in config files.
18:01 Changeset [c16896d]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
KEYMAP if for HLFS, not LFS.
17:57 Changeset [51a0bb1]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Placing the validate_config output in order of relevance.
17:15 Changeset [ffd482f]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Small code fix. Trailing spaces clean-up.
15:04 Changeset [8ca21dc]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
README, not much but better than nothing
14:36 Changeset [fdd18d60]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
common/common-functions, _IS_ is history
14:31 Changeset [5f4d08f]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
HLFS/master.sh, remove us of _IS_ function
14:01 Changeset [919aac7]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
HLFS/master.sh, simpilfied a small piece of code
04:29 Changeset [af4c7b1]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
LFS/master.sh, changed coding style.. recoded _IS_ into case statements
03:50 Changeset [f15fe85]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
common/func_validate_configs.sh, shuffle the testing order for config …
01:35 Changeset [3c61617]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
common/func_validate_configs.sh, added simple test for valid CLFS targets

03/28/2006:

23:37 Changeset [25b25ef]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
drat, reset CLFS/config
23:36 Changeset [cc82e37]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
common/func_validate_configs.sh, changes internal structure to allow …
21:04 Changeset [232a860]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Fixed in part PARAM_LIST for each book.
20:41 Changeset [769a219]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Some textual fixes.
20:25 Changeset [64cc345]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Removed a duplicate function.
20:11 Changeset [60b56fd]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Some text output and inline comments fixes. Deleting temporal files …
19:19 Changeset [2db0869]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Fixed a bug in my previos commit.
19:17 Changeset [b1624ac]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Revised -h output.
18:49 Changeset [e2b5b99]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Removed the clear from usage and pipping -h output throught more.
18:21 Changeset [26a8fdf]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Added verbosity envar.
18:07 Changeset [6afdfcc]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Tweaking -V output.
18:06 Changeset [1a97861]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Typo, again.
17:57 Changeset [de49ecb]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Typo
17:42 Changeset [86e1d17]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Some README improvements.
13:29 Changeset [7b56cfc]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
README work
13:14 Changeset [e58c70fd]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Added a README file skeleton
02:37 Changeset [3465451]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
common/common_functions, Added missing filenames to func clean_builddir
00:01 Changeset [623c323]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
grammar correction

03/27/2006:

23:49 Changeset [e794f06]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Missed cmd line help for BLFS. Also cleaned out dead code
23:40 Changeset [0297f33]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Added context sensitive help for cmd line switches.
21:07 Changeset [31ad03a]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
common/common_functions, Added error text for missing files.
20:34 Changeset [5ff30ff]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Moved a switch to their alphabetical place.
20:26 Changeset [ea29b1f]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Another code fix.
20:24 Changeset [4532c37]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Code fix.
20:21 Changeset [e95c26c]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Added a poor-man test to --directory switch.
20:07 Changeset [890acc6]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Added HLFS and BLFS switches.
19:58 Changeset [bd99331]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Added CLFS switches.
19:39 Changeset [e010682]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
More typos.
19:28 Changeset [d48846a]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Typo fix.
19:08 Changeset [40ccddf]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Separate current switches by books that can use it.
18:58 Changeset [c16cedc]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Placing current switches in alphabetical order.
18:48 Changeset [b90e260]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
more Text changes only
18:46 Changeset [f80c1e0]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Text changes only
18:33 Changeset [5627958]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Revising command line switches. First round.
18:08 Changeset [c6b24b4]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Fixed the download of the Tree package.
17:35 Changeset [a6b81cd]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Change xxx-Makefile to Makefile, remove psmisc hack.
14:02 Changeset [d43a271]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS/master.sh, missed the testsuite tools..
13:30 Changeset [39d4d5c]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS/master.sh, boot method now has its own makefile-. text changes to …

03/26/2006:

14:28 Changeset [6c7fe49]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
master.sh, corrected my terrible grammar, wil add a spel and grama …
14:12 Changeset [d95b8f2]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
master.sh, validated the extra book versions only for LFS otherwise an …

03/25/2006:

19:35 Changeset [d2a9d60]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Added missing glibc-libidn package in LFS. The udev-config file is …
14:15 Changeset [c769ed1]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Fixed udev_update branch support.
04:46 Changeset [fa06e8e]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS/master.sh, change to to match xsl usage
02:18 Changeset [4fcc4d4]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
common/func_validate_configs.sh, ADDED ppc64 as a valid architecture
02:15 Changeset [48cc592]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS/config, added multilib powerpc64 to build selection

03/24/2006:

23:04 Changeset [dacaa85]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
LFS change attribute on /sources to a+wt
18:40 Changeset [9dc8222]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS/master.sh, udev-rules missing from when METHOD=boot
02:02 Changeset [eba62c0]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS/master.sh, corrected a udev-rules oversight..
00:26 Changeset [b88d581]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
common/common_functions, removal of dead variables and text

03/23/2006:

22:33 Changeset [fd5cb46]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS/master.sh, changed coding style- removed _IS_ usage
20:51 Changeset [6d3564b]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Finished my CLFSscripts generation review for now. Added the build of …
19:40 Changeset [3fcd63e]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Depured final system makefiles.
18:51 Changeset [62033d2]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Depured bootscripts and bootable chapters.
18:17 Changeset [9a4f673]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
'make olconfig' is'n needed if the .config file is the proper one.
15:03 Changeset [bc54cbe]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS/master.sh, removed ALL cmd script manipulation. Allow Manuel to …
14:41 Changeset [b83baf6]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS/master.sh, removed MORE kernel script manipulation- should be …
14:39 Changeset [87b93b4]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS/master.sh, removed kernel script manipulation- should be done via xsl
03:28 Changeset [fcaf131]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS, handle a change from lfs-bootscripts to bootscripts-cross-lfs

03/22/2006:

22:52 Changeset [e676ffa]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Added specific CLFS XSL file. At this momment the CLFS system build …
19:48 Changeset [ebba33f]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Typo fixes.
14:15 Changeset [d591ee5]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Change package download functions back to HTTP until the FTP mirror …

03/21/2006:

23:25 Changeset [6eef5ef]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS, manipulation of BOOT_CONFIG in CLFS/master.sh and …
22:36 Changeset [68809ca]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS/config, Added BOOT_CONFIG parma for the boot-kernel
22:22 Changeset [afd0232]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Changed BOOTMINIMAL (1/0) to METHOD (chroot/boot)
20:44 Changeset [1917cad]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS/master.sh, remove verbose from cp command
20:20 Changeset [3d7b0564]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
XSL clean-up.
20:01 Changeset [9e1915a]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Process only the materials/ files to create the packages and patches files.
16:07 Changeset [a9490ab]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS/master.sh, make FSTAB available in minimal boot mode
13:25 Changeset [0271c0c]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Standardized handling of the optional param CONFIG
04:21 Changeset [b0976d2]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
HLFS/master.sh, oops.. use the blfs bootscript version not lfs..
02:19 Changeset [1d756b0]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
HLFS master.sh, copy kernel config file to /sources. Added text to …
01:03 Changeset [386bc75]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS, trap vim-lang pack, install only on config flag

03/20/2006:

23:07 Changeset [9c90294]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
CLFS extract_commands now part of common_func. pushd/popd added to …
22:26 Changeset [7161bc9]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Remove custom func extract_commands from master.sh..
21:53 Changeset [c940100]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Download only the packages and patches required by each libc …
19:11 Changeset [adfc5b8]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Removed unneded variable.
19:03 Changeset [090712a]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
The uClibc-locale package and grsecurity patch should be placed into …

03/19/2006:

13:40 Changeset [d87b293]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Set the actual LANG and LC_ALL values inside the generated scripts …
12:44 Changeset [ad71d98]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Set the actual TIMEZONE and PAGE values inside the generated scripts …
11:14 Changeset [c3c4e1d]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Simplified unpack code due tar >= 1.5 prerequisite. If both bz2 and gz …
10:53 Changeset [c0cbd50]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Removed unneeded file.

03/18/2006:

14:30 Changeset [0ac273e]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Finished the review of master.sh to match current XSL code.
13:53 Changeset [582feec]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Fixed remainig issues in uClibc script generation. Fixed the …
12:40 Changeset [5c5a010]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Fixed the cd to Gettext sources in uClibc build. Fixed the …
11:58 Changeset [389fe2a]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Fixed chapter number.
11:42 Changeset [d540567]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Handled and via XSL. Fixed the chapter05 GCC installation test run. …
04:03 Changeset [e2860d3]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
should not play with common/config file.. bad,bad,bad
03:46 Changeset [7d018d1]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
corrections to hlfs group, build makefile

03/17/2006:

21:40 Changeset [28fd555]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
missed 'makefile continuation -- && \ --' in wrt_unpack
20:53 Changeset [1f89002]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Fixed Binutils and GCC chapter06 testsuites.
20:49 Changeset [ca0ac30]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Fixed remaining vin-lang issue in HLFS.
20:05 Changeset [fdd1aa3e]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Moved VIMLANG from global parameters to lfs/clfs parameters. Trailing …
19:45 Changeset [0ebdc33]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
There is no Vim-lang package in HLFS. Removed also unexistant entities …
15:39 Changeset [e10232b]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Cosmetic only
15:30 Changeset [c0613fe]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Corrected trace text typo
15:13 Changeset [8f4d140]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Corrected bug related to save/restore of IFS system var

03/16/2006:

21:45 Changeset [5365c39]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Fixed the creation of /etc/profile in HLFS module.
21:26 Changeset [174a8e9]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
First revision of hlfs.xsl.
21:25 Changeset [57ca090]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Download also gcc-testsuite package if the testsuite must be run. …
21:18 Changeset [c6225224]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Started support for the revised hlfs.xsl file. > Parsing only …
18:50 Changeset [8ab950f]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Addapted command line switches to current -T behavoir.
18:46 Changeset [a346167]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
SRC_ARCHIVE should be empty by default.
14:48 Changeset [dbf2c71]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Add SRC_ARCHIVE and did some housekeeping to func_validate_configs.sh

03/15/2006:

21:50 Changeset [e1edff3]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Added test for tar >1.15, ability to fetch/store packages from/to a …
03:04 Changeset [4bf0fc3]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
modified and commented the IFS var. inside common_functions

03/14/2006:

21:16 Changeset [49b1e9a]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Removing MISSING_FILES.DMP, if found, before start packages dowlnoad.
21:09 Changeset [164afa2]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Typo

03/12/2006:

13:11 Changeset [1acbc0f]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Creating the LFS patches list.
11:28 Changeset [13e816f]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Run check_version and validate_config before to perform any other …
10:37 Changeset [0a7e5d0]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Setting locale variables to the ones used on the host system by default.
10:06 Ticket #1679 (jhablfs - consistent error) updated by manuel@…
Status, Owner changed
Thanks for the report. BLFS support is yet in an early stage and that …
02:41 Ticket #1679 (jhablfs - consistent error) created by anonymous
If I fail in buildinf something and I fix the problem and goback to …

03/10/2006:

23:45 Changeset [aab51df]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Typo
23:35 Changeset [dd810ea]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Added LANG configuration option to LFS module.
22:27 Changeset [821a2c6]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
LFS/master.sh -- removed bash patch for copying CONFIG, now done via XSL
20:15 Changeset [6aeb5b7]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Added udev_update as valid book
18:55 Changeset [31d6944]1.02.32.3.x2.4ablfsablfs-morelegacynew_featurestrunk by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Changed how the testsuites are handled and fixed the missing locales …
15:28 Changeset [bef0a98]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Housekeeping for HLFS.. changes to common/common_funtions to get HLFS …
14:27 Changeset [3f858ca]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Housekeeping only
13:57 Changeset [1ce084e]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Added $ tag
13:55 Changeset [4845f38]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Moved test for the existance of to the top of the case statement
01:44 Changeset [12a5707]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Adjusting scripts to new structure. Added jhalfs trunk changes. Will …

03/09/2006:

22:23 Changeset [6db1464]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Changed how the testsuites are handled and fixed the missing locales …
03:38 Changeset [1b9148c]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
inital creation of func_ICA.sh & func_check_version.sh

03/08/2006:

20:54 Changeset [2b016ea]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Removed test file.
20:53 Changeset [ce74b98]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Fixed the svn:keywords properties, I hope.
20:49 Changeset [392e2f82]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Last test, I hope.
20:46 Changeset [65eee87]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Another test
20:40 Changeset [a46ada0]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Added Id key to some file to see in what of them is expanded and in …
20:30 Changeset [075115a]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Cleaning the test.
20:29 Changeset [4b2c478]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Test 3
20:26 Changeset [5c1ceb5]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Test 2
20:24 Changeset [694351a]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Test
20:12 Changeset [3a5c9cc]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Updated lfs.xsl to current trunk version.
19:58 Changeset [0d52034]1.02.32.3.x2.4ablfsablfs-morelegacynew_featurestrunk by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
No longer need to retain binutils source package. Finixed the fix …
19:20 Changeset [3bbf6d5]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Removed the unneeded keywords.
19:16 Changeset [c0aeabe]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Testing svn:keywords expansion.
01:32 Changeset [22670f4]experimental by George Boudreau <georgeb@…>
Begin extraction of functions into individual files

03/07/2006:

20:02 Changeset [0170229]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Added base files from George's jhalfs-experimental-2 POC. WARNING: …
19:25 Changeset [d2fb765]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Created dirs structure.
19:24 Changeset [5f60388]experimental by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Started creation of experimental branch.
19:04 Changeset [5aa36d5]1.02.32.3.x2.4ablfsablfs-morelegacynew_featurestrunk by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Added support for udev_update branch (but not tested the build.)
18:55 Changeset [86860fd]1.02.32.3.x2.4ablfsablfs-morelegacynew_featurestrunk by Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
Groff uses now a standart LFS patch.
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