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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:34:10 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Mark Burgess <mark@iu.hioslo.no>
Subject: cfengine patch release 1.4.0 ready
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Cfengine version 1.4.1 is released
----------------------------------
 
Cfengine is a system administration tool which combines a very high level language
with an expert system. Netwide services can be configured from a single centralized
scheme through class-based organization. For more information see,
 
 http://www.iu.hioslo.no/cfengine
 
1.4.1 is a bug fix release for 1.4.0
 
   Bug in parser. Trailing slashes defeat 2Dlist expansion. Fixed for tidy.
   cfd rereads system clock.
   Copy permission bug fixed.
   Partial file reorganization to reflect inheritance structure.
   Change in cosmetic details of locking implementation.
   Some manual inconsistencies fixed.
   Bug in cfrun parsing comments fixed. (Missed next line)
   Bug in editfiles increment pointer fixed. Decrement to before start of file
   is not longer a fatal error.
   Permissions on rotated files were not preserved in 1.4.0. Fixed.
   Trailing dots from DNS/gethostbyname are now truncated away
   Editing symbolic links, edits file instead.

Please send bug reports to bug-cfengine@prep.ai.mit.edu.
A user mailing list is available at help-cfengine@prep.ai.mit.edu;
to subscribe, send a message to help-cfengine-request@prep.ai.mit.edu
with "subscribe" in the subject line.

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