GNU mtools 4.0.47 released

Alain Knaff <[email protected]> Sun, 19 Jan 2025 09:55:17 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.org.fsf.announce
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Hello,

I am pleased to announce the release of GNU mtools version 4.0.47

GNU mtools is available for download from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools and the mirror sites worldwide (see
http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html for the list of those).

The sources can be obtained from ftp.gnu.org and its world-wide mirrors:

  http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.47.tar.gz    (548K)
  SHA-1: 9b29726f14f335f0b2095daf0bc94075e969cd40

  http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.47.tar.bz2   (445K)
  SHA-1: 83c90990051c18dedb6c28ecb011c7be81eb51cd

  http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.47.tar.lz    (383K)
  SHA-1: e214730c33b97e88b20695ee1823e8c9a1c819ac


The same directory also contains pre-compiled Debian packages.

Mtools is a collection of utilities to access MS-DOS disks from GNU
and Unix without mounting them, to change FAT-specific file attributes
(hidden, archive, system), and to format FAT media.

Mtools supports W32 style long file names, FAT32, OS/2 Xdf disks and
2m disks (store up to 1992k on a high density 3 1/2 disk). Mtools also
includes mpartition, a simple partitioning programing. It is also a
convenient tool to work with disk image files (thanks to the -i flag).

For more information on mtools, including links to file downloads,
please see the mtools web page: http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools

Please email bugs or suggestions to <[email protected]>.

Improvements since the 4.0.46 release are:
	- fixed some of the manpage issues reported by manpage-l10n
	- unix-dir copying on Windows fix
	- new no-daemon mode for floppyd to make testing easier
	- make floppyd independant of XauFileName (portability)
	- autoconf fixes

Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
notice and this notice are preserved.

Regards,

Alain