Release 0.5.1 (Sun Feb 29 17:46:37 CET 2004)

  * corrected bug in ADE800 test whereby 'find' descended in
    to directories as root that could not be descended into as 
    non-root and thereby got different test output.
  * added module creation date to README.1ST.
  * added svn keyword properties
  * updated list of programs subject to standard tests
  * added test for ademan2html
  * adespp help option -h removed, options -H and -X renamed -h and -x,
    -nX and -nH renamed to -X and -H, with many changes in usage of
    adespp within ade module and others.
  * added tests for adeln
  * corrected some spacing in all man pages around commas in 
    option lists
  * added ademan2html.
  * correction to perl scripts option processing whereby 
    comma operator misinterpreted because of being in array 
    context
  * removed use of 'unset' constant and used empty value instead
    in shell scripts (better alignment with perl scripts)
  * aderel now skips debian dir or symlink
  * better alignment of Usage messages with man pages
  * added dependency on compile,install and tests to check that
    configure has been run
  * added test for adeconf not leaving double-slashes in the
    generated paths files
  * fixed double slash generation in adeconf
  * adeln no longer quits with error if symlink target directories
    are not readable, but it does warn. 
  * allow '~' in paths listed by '--list-paths' option
    in ADESTDTEST103_option_list-paths
  * removed private copy of path->absolutepath conversion
    function and used ADE's instead.
  * added ignore of 'debian' symlink
  * added test of perl and shell version of 
    new ade_fcm_loadconfigfile function
  * modified adeshf to accept only one argument
    with consequent changes to some test scripts
  * removed underscores from 'standard' directory name 
    symbols (e.g. 'TMP_DIR' is now 'TMPDIR')
  * added test to check that scripts do not used
    'LINENO' (reserved shell env var) or 'typeset'
    (not ash-compatible)
  * added config ('in') file for new ADE standard test
  * added vim filetype defintions to .spp files
  * converted to new option processing code in all
    programs (big change)
  * switched to using 'local' instead of 'typeset' 
    since 'typeset' is not supported in 'ash' shell
  * totally recoded adeconf, which now does not use
    a parameter, so changes to makefiles 
  * '--list-paths' test adjusted to allow programs
    to tell the test that their config file is /dev/null
    so they do not pick up previously installed 
    version's /etc/<whatever>.conf files.
  * command-accessing standard tests now also check sbin
    as well as bin (required for 'torc' which is in sbin)
  * lowered level (i.e. higher numerically) of many 
    debug messages in ADE libs
  * redirect stderr from exitdel's attempt to delete
    all outstanding files
  * generic lockname generator function now uses SPPSYM_LCKDIR
    instead of /tmp
  * removed quoted evaluation support from adeconf
  * expanded '--list-paths' handler in adeconf
  * total reworking of path calculation in adeconf (no longer
    builtin 'opt' support)
  * added command adeperlf (like adeshf), intended really only
    for testing
  * added new test ADE004_adegmt-n_creates_nothing to check
    'adegmt -n' (with and without --scm-dirs) creates no
    directories. (This test currently fails, though the
    test itself is correct.)
  * partial conversion to using non-opt-supporting aderoot
  * beginnings of Debian compliance
  * reverted to using rman instead of groff for man2html  
    conversion.
  * minor INSTALL doc typo fix also in template modules
  * minor fixes to the manual
  * converted all test scripts to pure 'sh' (changed '#!'
    and typeset to local); this includes ADE's tests and
    the standard tests
  * better propogation of SHELL_CMD and MAKE values 
    - through aderel to its invovation of make
      done by adding '--make'
    - through adetest to tests' invocations of make
      done by adding '--make', and it putting $MAKE in
      environment of test script
    - no explicit setting of MAKE make-variable; this is
      make's responsibility, not the makefile's
    - Makefiles' invocations of adetest and aderel to
      pass --make=$(MAKE)
  * updated INSTALL doc from Greg Keleman's FreeBSD experiences,
    including the start of a FAQ section in the same document
  * for SunOS (with broken printf and broken awk) try not only
    to use perl's printf but also bash's printf.
  * svn:keyword property and substitute text mods for bsfr
  * fixed 'make install' for Suns, which didn't like '-path' option
    on 'find' command called in ADE_MFC_RECADEINST.
  * added '-n' option to ADE_MFC_SYMLINKER_CMD and
    ADE_MFC_THUMBER_CMD (access with 'SYMLINKER_OPTS=-n' on
    make line.
  * did away with AUTHORID in settings.mk - it is unused.
  * added adeshf command to help test functions without needing to
    build a wrapper module for each function
  * test for ade_std_printf updated accordingly
  * quoted SHELL_CMD in include/bin/Makefile so user can say
    'make SHELL_CMD="/usr/bin/env whatever"' as they can already 
    for PERL_CMD. Quoted all args at the same time.
  * ADE_MFC_RECADEINST fixed to install all directories before files
    (this is in order that empty directories get installed, since
    non-empty ones are already created when the contained file is
    installed).
  * adegmt fixed to substitute long-formatted date in man pages, 
    templates adjusted to use substitutable text instead of real
    fixed (and inappropriate) dates.
  * removed 'revision' work from reported version strings when 
    versioning scheme is 'rcs'.
  * modified ade_std_printf to cope with Sun's broken /usr/bin/printf
    and broken /usr/[5]bin/awk. Had to use perl!
  * the blank lines produced around adespp's call to produce an
    autogend header have been removed because groff outputs a whole
    empty page because of these one lines. (Test reference files
    updated accordingly.)
  *  added support for Linux ksh in ade_std_printf
  *  added new shell functions: ade_std_printf, ade_std_whence,
     ade_spc_setforexec
  *  added new test for ade_std_printf
  *  all occurences of calls to printf changed to calls to 
     ade_std_printf, this mainly affects ade_spc_autogendheader
     which was hanging on HP-UX because its printf chokes on
     '*' width specifier.
  *  _ade_gep_init now calls _ade_gep_getosid in order to
     cache $UNAMES and thereby reduce the work that ade_std_printf
     does
  *  aderel changed to invoke 'gzip', 'tar' and 'make' using the 
     *received* $PATH instead the reset one; this is because at ESO
     GNU make and gzip are not found otherwise.
  * cosmetic correction to shell autogend header
  * corrected permissions of testlist.spp
  * minor corrections to adeln man page synopsis
  * minor corrections to adeintro manpage
  * added '--no-unreadable-dir-warning' option to adeln
  * ADE Makefile for html files updated to take advantage of
    adeln's new '--no-unreadable-dir-warning' option
  * added long option '--directive' to adespp for its '-P'
    short option.
  * converted changelog to non-Debian format
  * added option processing breaker '--' code
  * corrected some public environment variable names
  * aligned options, usage message and man page