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+OPK Build Helper Tools version 3.0.0-beta4
+------------------------------------------
+
+Released: 2014-01-22
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+  * Remove _oh_local() and _oh_return() kludges and use the built-in local
+    utility instead.
+  * Add amd64-linux-glibc and i686-linux-glibc architecture data to the
+    architecture table.
+
+OPK Build Helper Tools version 3.0.0-beta3
+------------------------------------------
+
+Released: 2013-06-01
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+  * Enable the kbuild build system plugin.
+  * Fix host architecture detection in the kbuild plugin.
+  * Add a unit testing framework and some tests against oh-installfiles.
+
+OPK Build Helper Tools version 3.0.0-beta2
+------------------------------------------
+
+Released: 2013-05-10
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+  * Make oh-installfiles install links, not just regular files.
+  * Fix a misspelled parameter name in oh_set_buildsystem_option().
+  * Support relative paths in the "-s" option of oh-autoconfigure, oh-autobuild,
+    oh-autoinstall, and oh-autoclean.
+  * Fix issue with trailing slashes in patterns in <binpkg>.pkg/files.
+  * 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.
+  * Properly provide an architecture table and remove the old and temporary
+    mkarchtab makefile.
+  * Use multiarch library paths by default.  This can be disabled with the
+    "--with-multiarch-libdir=false" option of configure.
+
+OPK Build Helper Tools version 3.0.0-beta1
+------------------------------------------
+
+Released: 2012-11-16
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+  * Fix find_dep_lib() in configure.
+  * Add a "mkarchtab" makefile to generate a table of build system
+    architectures.
+  * Support a "-t" option in oh-autoconfigure for the target architecture of
+    build utilities (compilers, etc.).
+  * Optionally use multiarch library paths when configuring packages to be
+    built.
+  * Add an "oh-architecture" utility.
+  * Fix various issues in build system plugins.
+  * Support a "-T" option in oh-autobuild and oh-autoinstall for a build
+    target to be updated.
+  * Support a "-s" option in oh-autoconfigure, oh-autobuild, oh-autoinstall,
+    and oh-autoclean for the source directory.
+  * Pass build system exit statuses back to callers of oh-auto* utilities.
+  * Implement a "kbuild" build system plugin.
+
+OPK Build Helper Tools version 3.0.0-alpha3
+-------------------------------------------
+
+Released: 2012-10-23
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+  * Fix quotes in the "install" target of man/Makefile.in.  Thanks David
+    Stanford for catching this.
+  * Warn if some files aren't installed into binary packages.
+
+OPK Build Helper Tools version 3.0.0-alpha2
+-------------------------------------------
+
+Released: 2012-10-22
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+  * Make utilities accept a -d option to specify the installation destination
+    directory in which data files are found.
+  * Rewrite oh-strip.
+  * Write oh-fixperms.
+  * Provide up-to-date manual pages.
+  * Additionally license everything for use under the terms of the GNU GPL
+    version 2.0.
+  * Support automatic interaction with a software build system with
+    oh-autoconfigure, oh-autobuild, oh-autoclean, oh-autotest, and
+    oh-autoinstall.
+    - Currently supported build systems are GNU Autoconf and POSIX-compliant
+      make.
+
+OPK Build Helper Tools version 3.0.0-alpha1
+-------------------------------------------
+
+Released: 2012-10-11
+
+Changes in this release:
+
+  * Split the core distribution build system into its own package, opkbuild.
+  * Rewrite build system.
+  * Internationalize messages.
+  * Support SPF 2.0.
+  * Refactor oh-installfiles.
+
+Older Versions
+--------------
+
+See "NEWS.pre-split" for changes in released versions of opkhelper before the
+core distribution build system was split into its own package, opkbuild.
+
+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.