1Compilation 2----------- 3 4 To compile mtools on Unix, first type ./configure, then make. To 5compile mtools on a Bebox, refer to README.BEBOX. 6 7Doc 8--- 9 10 The most uptodate doc of this package is the texinfo doc. Type 'make 11info' to get online info doc, and 'make dvi ; dvips mtools.dvi' to get 12a printed copy. The info doc has a concept index. Make use of it. 13 You may get an info copy using the following command 'make info'. 14This can then be viewed using emacs' info mode, or using a standalone 15info viewer. 16 Man pages are still present, but contain less information. 17 If you do not have the necessary tools to view the texinfo doc, you 18may also find it on the World Wide Web at the following locations: 19 http://ftp.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html 20 21Compiler 22-------- 23 24 Mtools should be compiled with an Ansi compiler, preferably gcc 25 26Authors 27------- 28 29Original code (versions through 2.0.7?) by Emmet P. Gray (Texas, USA). 30Viktor Dukhovni (at Princeton, USA) had major input into v2.0. 31 32Since 2.0.7: maintained primarily and until now by Alain Knaff 33(Luxembourg) and David Niemi (Reston, Virginia, USA). 34 35Please report bugs to the mtools mailing list at mtools@www.tux.org. 36Before reporting any problems, check whether they have already been 37fixed in the Alpha patches at http://mtools.linux.lu and 38http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff 39 40You may subscribe to the mtools mailing list by sending a message 41containing 'subscribe mtools' in its body to majordomo@www.tux.org 42 43Since March 3rd 2009, mtools is now officially a GNU package. Special 44thanks to Emmet P. Gray, the original developer of the program, who 45supported dubbing mtools a GNU package. 46 47Current Status 48-------------- 49 50Stable release 4.0.x 51 52Copying 53------- 54Mtools is a GNU program published under GPL v3.0 (code) and GNU Free 55Documentation License. 56 57Most files of mtools bears a notice describing the copyright, and 58whether it is covered by GPL or GFDL 59 60GPL: 61 62debian/control Copyright 2007 Alain Knaff 63 64debian/changelog Copyright 2007-2009 Alain Knaff 65 66NEWS Copyright 1995 David C. Niemi 67 Copyright 1995-2009 Alain Knaff 68 69mtools.spec Copyright 2003-2005,2007-2009 Alain Knaff 70 71 72GFDL: 73 74README Copyright 1996-1998,2001,2002,2009 Alain Knaff. 75Release.notes Copyright 1995 Alain Knaff 76 77