Release of version 4.6.1-pre1 of sharutils

[Bruce Korb]

GNU sharutils consists of two pairs of utilities: shar and unshar, and
uuencode and uudecode.  "shar" makes so-called shell archives out of
many files, preparing them for transmission by electronic mail
services (converting binary data to ascii representations, breaking
the text into multiple shar scripts, etc.).  "unshar" is the safe way
to extract and reassemble the original files.  It will automatically
strip off the mail headers and other introductory text.

"uuencode" and "uudecode" are programs that convert binary files into
ascii text so that the original data can pass through the email system
without having intermediate hosts "fixing" the files en route.

Translation information:
sharutils.pot has changed with this release.  Several message strings
were formed assuming English ordering of concepts.  These are all now
constructed from a single printf formatting string.

NEWS:
This is an alpha release of sharutils.


Version 4.6.1-pre1 - November 2005, by Bruce Korb

* Adapt to "md5sum" version changes
* clean up message strings.  Let translators order the components properly.
* Put nearly all the longer shell fragments into the "scripts.def" file.

sharutils home:  http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/
primary ftp:     ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/sharutils/
.tar.gz:         ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/sharutils/sharutils-4.6.1-pre1.tar.gz
bug reports:     bug-gnu-utils at the usual GNU domain
                 (be sure to mention "sharutils" in the subject...
                 it helps to spot the message.)
bug archive:     http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-utils/
maintainer:      Bruce Korb - bkorb at the usual GNU domain