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    From: silvan.scherrerDESPAM@DESPAMaroa.ch

    libusb1, sane-backends, xmltoman, pthread, libdaemon, fontconfig, zip, libunistring, libidn2, wget, libtool, gcc
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    We released version 1.0.21-2 of libusb1 (A library which allows userspace access to USB devices), version 1.0.26-1 of sane-backends (Scanner access software), version 0.4-1 of xmltoman (Scripts for converting XML to roff or HTML), version 0.1.1-1 of
    pthread (A posix pthread emulation for OS/2 and OS/2 based systems), version 0.14-1 of libdaemon (Library for writing UNIX daemons), version 2.13.1-4 of fontconfig (Font configuration and customization library), version 3.0-9 of zip (A file compression
    and packaging utility compatible with PKZIP), version 0.9.10-1 of linunistring (GNU Unicode string library), version 2.3.0-1 of libidn2 (Library to support IDNA2008 internationalized domain names), version 1.20.3-2 of wget (A utility for retrieving files
    using the HTTP or FTP protocols), version 2.4.6-4 of libtool (The GNU Portable Library Tool), version 9.2.0-2 of gcc (Various compilers (C, C++, Objective-C, ...))
    It is uploaded as rpm to the netlabs rel or exp repository. To install just use either yum or ANPM. If anyone prefers a zip file, those are available at the netlabs rel repo http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip> or at the netlabs exp repo http://rpm.
    netlabs.org/experimental/00/zip>.

    What's new in libusb1:

    * remove unused poll implementation
    * finetune errorhandling
    * handle the case when we opened the device already, this is to mimik
    the nix behaviour better (libsane testcases failed because of that)

    What's new in sane-backends:

    * first release

    What's new in xmltoman:

    * first release

    What's new in phtread:

    * add a real pthread_sigmask, so returncode is correctt
    * move source to github and clean it a bit

    What's new in libdaemon:

    * first release

    What's new in fontconfig:

    * handle _EURO extention in set lang env

    What's new in zip:

    * fix a 4GB issue

    What's new in libunistring:

    * first release

    What's new in libidn2:

    * first release

    What's new in wget:

    * enable libidn2

    What's new in libtool:

    * Use scm_ macros
    * Resync with latest Fedora spec (11bb551)
    * Rebuild for GCC 9
    * Add support for LT_BUILDLEVEL [#1]

    What's new in gcc:

    * Use os2_config_sys macro (with -e and %%) instead of hard-coded
    c:\config.sys
    * Fix gcc1.dll BLDLEVEL string
    * merge spec with fedora one
    * Initial RPM release of GCC 9


    *Sponsoring*
    To be able to finish our goals we need *your support*. Please sponsor as much as possible via our webshop http://www.bitwiseworks.com/shop/index.php?id_product=56&controller=product&id_lang=1> or via our Patreon page http://www.patreon.com/
    bwwbitwiseworks>.



    -- freundliche GrĂ¼sse / kind regards
    Silvan Scherrer

    /Silvan Scherrer
    AROA Informatik AG

    Tel. +41 71 243 55 77
    http://www.aroa.ch http://www.aroa.ch> /

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