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Sep 21, 2001, 2:58:45 PM9/21/01
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EPM 3.1
by Michael Sweet (http://freshmeat.net/users/easysw/)
Friday, September 21st 2001 14:58

About: The ESP Package Manager (EPM) is a simple tool that generates software and
patch distributions in various formats, including AT&T software
packages ("pkg") used by Solaris, Debian ("dpkg"),
HP-UX software packages ("swinstall" or "depot"), IRIX
Software Manager ("inst" or "tardist"), portable
(installation and removal scripts with tar files), and Red Hat Package
Manager ("RPM").

Changes: Support for in-line and external scripts, a new --software-dir option, new
conditional directives, a fix for a bug in the setup GUI, and fixes for a
number of bugs in RPM, Debian, and HP-UX package generation.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/epm/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_homepage/
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_tgz/
Tar/BZ2: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_bz2/
Changelog: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_changelog/
Mailing list archive: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_list/

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Nov 1, 2001, 3:21:25 PM11/1/01
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EPM 3.2
by Michael Sweet (http://freshmeat.net/~easysw/)
Thursday, November 1st 2001 15:28

About: The ESP Package Manager (EPM) is a simple tool that generates software and

patch distributions in various formats, including AT&T software packages
("pkg") used by Solaris, Debian ("dpkg"), HP-UX software packages
("swinstall" or "depot"), IRIX Software Manager ("inst" or "tardist"),


portable (installation and removal scripts with tar files), and Red Hat

Package Manager ("RPM").

Changes: Support for SCO UNIX and Darwin/MacOS X, and fixes for bugs in the AIX,
IRIX, and Debian packaging code and a number of small bugs in the epm and
epminstall programs.

Release focus: Minor bugfixes

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Nov 2, 2001, 5:25:04 PM11/2/01
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EPM 3.2.1

by Michael Sweet (http://freshmeat.net/~easysw/)
Friday, November 2nd 2001 17:32

About: The ESP Package Manager (EPM) is a simple tool that generates software and

patch distributions in various formats, including AT&T software packages
("pkg") used by Solaris, Debian ("dpkg"), HP-UX software packages

("swinstall" or "depot"), IRIX Software Manager ("inst" or "tardist"),


portable (installation and removal scripts with tar files), and Red Hat

Package Manager ("RPM").

Changes: A fix for a bug that snuck in with the Darwin/MacOS X support for portable
installation scripts.

Release focus: Minor bugfixes

e...@freshmeat.net

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Apr 4, 2002, 2:13:48 PM4/4/02
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EPM 3.3

by Michael Sweet (http://freshmeat.net/~easysw/)
Thursday, April 4th 2002 14:20

About:
The ESP Package Manager (EPM) is a simple tool that generates software and

patch distributions in various formats, including AT&T software packages
("pkg") used by Solaris, Debian ("dpkg"), HP-UX software packages

("swinstall" or "depot"), IRIX Software Manager ("inst" or "tardist"),


portable (installation and removal scripts with tar files), and Red Hat

Package Manager ("RPM").

Changes:
This release fixes a number of portability issues in the portable
installation scripts, provides a new implementation of the mkepmlist
utility, and fixes a wildcard bug.

Release focus: Minor bugfixes

e...@freshmeat.net

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Jun 5, 2002, 12:57:30 PM6/5/02
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EPM 3.4

by Michael Sweet (http://freshmeat.net/~easysw/)
Wednesday, June 5th 2002 13:12

About:
The ESP Package Manager (EPM) is a simple tool that generates software and

patch distributions in various formats, including AT&T software packages
("pkg") used by Solaris, Debian ("dpkg"), HP-UX software packages

("swinstall" or "depot"), IRIX Software Manager ("inst" or "tardist"),


portable (installation and removal scripts with tar files), and Red Hat

Package Manager ("RPM").

Changes:
Fixes for bugs in the AIX and Solaris package generation, new support for
BSD-style startup scripts, "long" filenames up to 255 characters in
portable distributions, and local user/group IDs in portable
distributions.

e...@freshmeat.net

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Oct 17, 2002, 4:04:45 PM10/17/02
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EPM 3.5

by Michael Sweet (http://freshmeat.net/~easysw/)
Thursday, October 17th 2002 16:09

About:
The ESP Package Manager (EPM) is a simple tool that generates software and

patch distributions in various formats, including AT&T software packages
("pkg") used by Solaris, Debian ("dpkg"), HP-UX software packages

("swinstall" or "depot"), IRIX Software Manager ("inst" or "tardist"),


portable (installation and removal scripts with tar files), and Red Hat

Package Manager ("RPM").

Changes:
This release adds support for MacOS X and filenames with spaces, and fixes
bugs in BSD packaging, RPM packaging, portable packaging, and the
mkepmlist utility.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/epm/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_homepage/epm
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_tgz/epm-3.5-source.tar.gz
Tar/BZ2: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_bz2/epm-3.5-source.tar.bz2
Changelog: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_changelog/CHANGES
Mailing list archive: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_list/espnews.php?Gepm

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Mar 25, 2003, 4:49:23 PM3/25/03
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EPM 3.6
by Michael Sweet (http://freshmeat.net/~easysw/)
Tuesday, March 25th 2003 13:49

About:
The ESP Package Manager (EPM) is a simple tool that generates software and

patch distributions in various formats, including AT&T software packages
("pkg") used by Solaris, Debian ("dpkg"), HP-UX software packages

("swinstall" or "depot"), IRIX Software Manager ("inst" or "tardist"),


portable (installation and removal scripts with tar files), and Red Hat

Package Manager ("RPM").

Changes:
This release adds a new uninstall GUI and enhanced MacOS X packaging
functionality. The new release also fixes some bugs discovered in the
portable, RPM, and BSD package generation.

Release focus: Major feature enhancements

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/epm/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_homepage/epm
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_tgz/epm-3.6-source.tar.gz
Tar/BZ2: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_bz2/epm-3.6-source.tar.bz2

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Apr 6, 2006, 1:53:51 PM4/6/06
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EPM 4.0
by Michael Sweet (http://freshmeat.net/~easysw/)
Thu, Apr 6th 2006 10:53

About:
The ESP Package Manager (EPM) is a simple tool that generates software and

patch distributions in various formats, including AT&T software packages
("pkg") used by Solaris, Debian ("dpkg"), HP-UX software packages

("swinstall" or "depot"), IRIX Software Manager ("inst" or "tardist"),


portable (installation and removal scripts with tar files), and Red Hat

Package Manager ("RPM").

Changes:
This release adds support for sub-packages, compressed portable packages,
Mac OS X disk images, and custom platform names and release numbers.

Release focus: Major feature enhancements

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/epm/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_homepage/epm
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_tgz/epm-4.0-source.tar.gz
Tar/BZ2: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_bz2/epm-4.0-source.tar.bz2

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Apr 10, 2007, 5:37:56 PM4/10/07
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EPM 4.1
by Michael Sweet (http://freshmeat.net/~easysw/)
Tue, Apr 10th 2007 14:37

About:
The ESP Package Manager (EPM) is a simple tool that generates software and

patch distributions in various formats, including AT&T software packages
("pkg") used by Solaris, Debian ("dpkg"), HP-UX software packages

("swinstall" or "depot"), IRIX Software Manager ("inst" or "tardist"),


portable (installation and removal scripts with tar files), and Red Hat

Package Manager ("RPM").

Changes:
This release adds disk image creation on Mac OS X and fixes several RPM and
GUI bugs.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/epm/

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_homepage/epm
Tar/GZ: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_tgz/epm-4.1-source.tar.gz
Tar/BZ2: http://freshmeat.net/redir/epm/2370/url_bz2/epm-4.1-source.tar.bz2

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