This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of the GNU core utilities. This package is maintained by Michael Stone and built from sources obtained from: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.93.tar.bz2 This debian package was first put together by Michael Stone , from coreutils 4.5.1. Changes: * added Debian GNU/Linux package maintenance system files * install.c: Added extra options to invocation of strip * at times, bug fixes awaiting inclusion in the upstream source GNU coreutils are Copyright (C) 1985-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.