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This is GNU Stow, a program for managing the installation of software
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packages, keeping them separate (/usr/local/stow/emacs vs.
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/usr/local/stow/perl, for example) while making them appear to be
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installed in the same place (/usr/local). Stow doesn't store an extra
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state between runs, so there's no danger of mangling directories when
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file hierarchies don't match the database. Also, stow will never
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delete any files, directories, or links that appear in a stow
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directory, so it is always possible to rebuild the target tree.
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See INSTALL for installation instructions.
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You can get the latest information about Stow from
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http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/stow.html
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Stow was inspired by Carnegie Mellon's "Depot" program, but is substantially
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simpler. Whereas Depot requires database files to keep things in sync, Stow
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stores no extra state between runs, so there's no danger (as there is in
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Depot) of mangling directories when file hierarchies don't match the database.
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Also unlike Depot, Stow will never delete any files, directories, or links
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that appear in a Stow directory (e.g., /usr/local/stow/emacs), so it's always
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possible to rebuild the target tree (e.g., /usr/local).
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Stow is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License, which
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can be found in the file COPYING.
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2011-12-02 21:07:19 -05:00
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Please mail comments, questions, and criticisms to the current maintainers
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via help-stow@gnu.org or bug-stow@gnu.org.
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