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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
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vs. /usr/local/stow/perl, for example) while making them appear to be
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installed in the same place (/usr/local).
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Stow is a Perl script which should run correctly under Perl 4 and Perl
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5. You must install Perl before running Stow. For more information
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about Perl, see http://www.perl.com/perl/.
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You can get the latest information about Stow from
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http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/software/stow/stow.html.
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Stow was inspired by Carnegie Mellon's "Depot" program, but is
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substantially simpler. Whereas Depot requires database files to keep
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things in sync, Stow stores no extra state between runs, so there's no
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danger (as there is in Depot) of mangling directories when file
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hierarchies don't match the database. Also unlike Depot, Stow will
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never delete any files, directories, or links that appear in a Stow
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directory (e.g., /usr/local/stow/emacs), so it's always possible to
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rebuild the target tree (e.g., /usr/local).
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Stow is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License,
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which can be found in the file COPYING.
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See INSTALL for installation instructions.
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Please mail comments, questions, and criticisms to the author, Bob
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Glickstein, <bobg+stow@zanshin.com>.
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