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+opkbuild version 3.0.0-beta3
+----------------------------
+
+Released: 2014-03-07
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+  * Make ob-genchanges only list .opk files that are built for the host
+    architecture and platform.
+  * Preserve file modification times, owners and groups, and modes in source
+    packages.
+  * Find packaging helpers at run time using helper configuration scripts
+    instead of at build time with configure options.  As of version 3.0.0,
+    opkhelper provides such a helper configuration script.
+
+opkbuild version 3.0.0-beta2
+----------------------------
+
+Released: 2014-01-19
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+
+  * Fix minor issues in opkbuild and ob-applypatches that occur when updating
+    the "source" targets of some packages.
+  * Make ob-genchanges perform substitutions in package descriptions.
+  * Make ob-installdocs support patterns in *.pkg/docs.
+
+opkbuild version 3.0.0-beta1
+----------------------------
+
+Released: 2013-09-07
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+  * Fix ob-applypatches to work with BusyBox patch.
+  * Implement ob-genchanges.
+  * Remove _ob_local() and _ob_return() kludges and use the built-in local
+    utility instead.
+
+opkbuild version 3.0.0-alpha5
+-----------------------------
+
+Released: 2013-06-16
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+  * Escape single quotes in substitution variable values.
+  * Exit on failure to parse package metadata.
+  * Fix "Bad binary package name" warning when there are no binary package
+    metadata directories.
+  * Fix output of changelog parsing errors.
+  * Set "Host-Arch" and "Host-Plat" substitution variables, which were recently
+    added to the SPF 2.0 specification.
+  * Make build system non-recursive and faster.
+  * Centralize build system logic into the top-level input makefile to make the
+    build system smaller and more easily maintainable.
+  * Distribute the "mksysconf.in" input makefile.  Previously this was missing
+    from the tar archives.
+  * Better handle unrecognized options to configure.
+  * Fix some issues with fakeroot option handling.
+
+opkbuild version 3.0.0-alpha4
+-----------------------------
+
+Released: 2012-11-16
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+  * Make ob-unpacksource not consider a lack of sources to be an error.
+  * Support the use of multiple build helpers.
+  * Move _ob_dep_arch_is_concerned() and _ob_dep_plat_is_concerned() to the
+    public API.
+  * Support negation in binary package "Architecture" fields.
+  * Optionally reduce platforms in ob_get_binary_packages().
+  * Make ob-unpacksource work on tar archives without explicit entries for
+    directories.
+  * Don't print an error when there's no substvars file.
+  * Set an "OPK_TOOL_PREFIX" environment variable (needed for packages that use
+    kbuild).
+  * Remove code related to the table of upstream build system architectures.
+  * Replace testsetup.sh with a slightly better "mksysconf" makefile.
+  * Add some error handling to opkbuild.
+  * Reduce platforms for OPK_PACKAGES.
+
+opkbuild version 3.0.0-alpha3
+-----------------------------
+
+Released: 2012-10-26
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+  * Fix the creation of source package documentation directories.
+  * Fix license information in opkbuild and configure output messages and
+    testsetup.sh source code.
+  * Add the build helper directory to the beginning, rather than the end, of
+    PATH.  This should prevent the unintended use of old versions of build
+    helper utilities.
+  * Fix and improve ob-installplatconf.
+  * Reduce binary package relationship fields in ob-gencontrol.
+  * Support substitution variables in control field values.
+  * Fix quotes in the "install" target of man/Makefile.in.
+  * Better support multiple invocations of ob-unpacksource and ob-installdocs.
+  * Reduce platform specifiers in dependency strings.
+  * Support comments in control files.
+
+opkbuild version 3.0.0-alpha2
+-----------------------------
+
+Released: 2012-10-16
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+  * Don't rely on POSIX-conformant parsing of makefile comments.
+  * Make ob-gencontrol write "Platform" and "Maintainer" fields.
+  * Fix names of opk files written by ob-buildopk.
+  * Get an "Uploader", not "Maintainer", field from SPF 2.0 changelogs.
+  * Make testsetup.sh print informational and error messages.
+  * Additionally license everything for use under the terms of the GNU GPL
+    version 2.0.
+
+opkbuild version 3.0.0-alpha1
+-----------------------------
+
+Released: 2012-10-11
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+  * Split the core distribution build system into its own package.
+  * Provide a fairly well-designed library, libopkbuild, with an API that is
+    to be stable and versioned.
+  * Rewrite build system.
+  * Internationalize messages.
+  * Write unit tests for some library functions.
+  * Support source package formats and distribution metadata through plugins.
+  * Support SPF 2.0.
+  * Heavily refactor utilities.
+  * Set up package build helpers (currently only opkhelper-3.0).
+
+Older Versions
+--------------
+
+opkbuild was split from opkhelper on 2012-09-04, after opkhelper
+versions 1.0.0 and 2.0.0 (unreleased).
+
+See "NEWS.opkhelper" for changes in released versions of opkhelper
+before opkbuild was split into its own package.
+
+Copyright Information
+---------------------
+
+Copyright (C) 2012-2014  Patrick "P. J." McDermott
+
+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.  This file is offered as-is,
+without any warranty.