#use wml::ossp area=pkg:tool subarea=shtool

<title>GNU shtool</title>

<h1>Portable Shell Tool</h1>

<h2>Abstract</h2>

The GNU shtool program is a compilation of small but very stable and portable
shell scripts into a single shell tool. All ingredients were in successful use
over many years in various free software projects. The compiled shtool program
is intended to be used inside the source tree of free software packages. There
it can take over various (usually non-portable) tasks related to the building
and installation of such packages.

<p>
Notice: <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/shtool/">GNU
shtool</a> and OSSP shtool are exactly the same. OSSP
shtool just considered as a companion tool to <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/">GNU autoconf</a>, <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/">GNU libtool</a> and <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/">GNU automake</a> and
so also became an official part of the GNU project. That's why its
primary name is now GNU shtool, although it is still developed by
the OSSP project only. The official companion GNU locations are: <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/shtool/">http://www.gnu.org/software/shtool/</a>
and <a href="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/shtool/">ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/shtool/</a>.

<h2>Documentation</h2>

<pkg_manpage name="shtool" sect=1 path="/pkg/lib/shtool/shtool.pod">,
<pkg_manpage name="shtoolize" sect=1 path="/pkg/lib/shtool/shtoolize.pod">.

<h2>Authors</h2>

<pkg_author name="Ralf S. Engelschall" mail="rse@engelschall.com">

<h2>Status</h2>

<pkg_status
    name="shtool" assign="rse"
    stable="2.0.7"   stable_date="19-May-2007"
    unstable="none"  unstable_date="none"
	done=100>

<h2>Source</h2>

<pkg_files 
    cvs=$(CVS_ROOT_URL)/pkg/tool/shtool/
    url=$(FTP_ROOT_URL)/pkg/tool/shtool/
    directory=$(FTP_ROOT_DIR)/pkg/tool/shtool/
    files="shtool-*.tar.gz" 
	stable="shtool-2.0.7.tar.gz" unstable="none">
	
<h2>Donation</h2>

<pkg_donation name="shtool" return="$(BASE_URL)/pkg/tool/shtool/">