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testsuite 1999-11-11 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 2000-01-29 12:18:40 +00:00
acfunctions 1999-04-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1999-04-22 21:38:24 +00:00
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acheaders more tweaks 1996-11-15 00:04:39 +00:00
acidentifiers various small adjustments 1994-08-23 15:04:53 +00:00
aclocal.m4 1999-11-11 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 2000-01-29 12:18:40 +00:00
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acoldnames.m4 1999-11-01 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 2000-01-26 12:38:31 +00:00
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acversion.m4.in 1999-10-31 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-10-31 01:54:28 +00:00
AUTHORS rewhack the compiler checking and fix some minor bugs 1996-11-20 00:21:34 +00:00
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autoheader.sh 1999-11-10 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 2000-01-29 09:51:17 +00:00
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config.guess Indenting fix. 1999-10-31 01:16:52 +00:00
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COPYING fix a couple of bugs 1996-12-11 00:49:47 +00:00
ifnames.in 1999-11-10 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 2000-01-29 09:46:28 +00:00
ifnames.sh 1999-11-10 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 2000-01-29 09:46:28 +00:00
INSTALL * merged from the experimental branch. 1999-10-26 03:54:59 +00:00
install-sh 1999-02-26 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-02-25 18:31:19 +00:00
install.texi * merged from the experimental branch. 1999-10-26 03:54:59 +00:00
make-stds.texi Mention YFLAGS and LFLAGS along with CFLAGS. 1997-10-27 03:47:03 +00:00
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mdate-sh 1999-10-31 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-10-31 01:54:28 +00:00
missing 1999-10-31 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-10-31 01:54:28 +00:00
mkinstalldirs 1999-04-10 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-04-09 21:44:01 +00:00
NEWS 1999-10-31 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 2000-01-10 10:13:42 +00:00
README 1998-10-03 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1998-10-02 07:23:22 +00:00
standards.texi 1999-04-01 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-03-31 08:16:10 +00:00
texinfo.tex 1999-11-11 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 2000-01-29 12:29:03 +00:00
THANKS How could we forget Franc,ois? 1999-10-31 00:52:44 +00:00
TODO Updated. 2000-02-04 13:40:55 +00:00

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