Re: Release of version 4.15.2 of sharutils

I'm a Free Software noobie and probably have no idea what this is, but
it seems legit! :D Do you think you could explain it to me in like
layman's terms? :)

Thanks for the tool!

On 05/30/2015 06:43 PM, Bruce Korb wrote:
>
> GNU sharutils consists of two pairs of utilities: shar and unshar, and
> uuencode and uudecode.  "shar" makes so-called shell archives out of
> many files, preparing them for transmission by electronic mail
> services (converting binary data to ascii representations, breaking
> the text into multiple shar scripts, etc.).  "unshar" is the safe way
> to extract and reassemble the original files.  It will automatically
> strip off the mail headers and other introductory text.
>
> "uuencode" and "uudecode" are programs that convert binary files into
> ascii text so that the original data can pass through the email system
> without having intermediate hosts "fixing" the files en route.
>
> This is a bug fix release for version 4.15 of sharutils
>
> Version 4.15.2 - May 2015, by Bruce Korb
> * updates to fix cross platform build issues
> * fixed problem where contrived uuencoded file caused seg fault
>
> sharutils home:  http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/
> primary ftp:     ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sharutils/
> .tar.gz:         ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sharutils/sharutils-4.15.2.tar.gz
> bug reports:     bug-gnu-utils at the usual GNU domain
>                  (be sure to mention "sharutils" in the subject...
>                  it helps to spot the message.)
> bug archive:     http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-utils/
> maintainer:      Bruce Korb - bkorb at the usual GNU domain
>