diff --git a/scripts/functions.sh b/scripts/functions.sh
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--- a/scripts/functions.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-# @P@/scripts/functions.sh
-#
-#  (c)2006, @AUTHOR@, <@EMAIL@>.
-#  Released under the GNU GPLv2. See file COPYING or
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html for details.
-#
-
-# Common functions
-
-
-
-# Print a success message
-print_success() {
-    if [ -z "${TERM}" -o "${TERM}" == "dumb" ]
-    then
-        echo -n " - "
-    else
-        (echo -n -e " \E[32m* "; tput sgr0)
-    fi
-    echo $*
-}
-
-
-
-# Print a failure message
-print_failure() {
-    if [ -z "${TERM}" -o "${TERM}" == "dumb" ]
-    then
-        echo -n " *** "
-    else
-        (echo -n -e " \E[31m*** "; tput sgr0)
-    fi
-    echo $*
-}
-
-
-
-# This function carries out a command, but reports its failure if
-# necessary.
-do_cmd() {
-    [ "${VERBOSE}" != "0" ] && echo "$@"
-    "$@"
-    if [ $? -ne 0 ]
-    then
-        print_failure "'$@' failed."
-        return 1
-    fi
-}
-
-
-
-# This function carries out a command, but reports its failure if
-# necessary.
-do_cmd_redir() {
-    DEST=$1
-    shift
-    [ "${VERBOSE}" != "0" ] && echo "$@ >> ${DEST}"
-    "$@" >> ${DEST}
-    if [ $? -ne 0 ]
-    then
-        print_failure "'$@' failed."
-        return 1
-    fi
-}
-
-# kate: replace-trailing-space-save true; space-indent true; tab-width 4;
-# vim: expandtab:ts=4:sw=4
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
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--- a/scripts/release.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-# @P@/scripts/release.sh
-#
-#  (c)2006, @AUTHOR@, <@EMAIL@>.
-#  Released under the GNU GPLv2. See file COPYING or
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html for details.
-#
-
-# Prepares package for release. Expects the version number on the
-# command line.
-
-
-
-# Get the directory of the repository (needed to include functions file)
-cd "$(dirname $0)"
-REPOS=$(dirname "$(pwd)")
-[ -z "${VERBOSE}" ] && VERBOSE=0
-source "${REPOS}/scripts/functions.sh" || exit 1
-
-
-
-# Get version etc.
-if [ $# -ne 2 ]
-then
-    echo "Usage: scripts/release.sh <version> <output_dir>"
-    exit 1
-fi
-VER=$1
-DIR=$2
-
-PKGNAME="@P@-${VER}"
-
-
-
-# move to output directory and clone git repository
-echo "Cloning repository..."
-do_cmd cd "${DIR}" || exit 1
-do_cmd rm -rf "${PKGNAME}" "${PKGNAME}-doc" || exit 1
-do_cmd git-clone --local --shared -n "${REPOS}" "${PKGNAME}" || exit 1
-do_cmd cd "${PKGNAME}" || exit 1
-print_success "Done"
-
-
-
-# Check out a new copy of the library from git
-echo "Checking out tag ${VER}..."
-do_cmd git-checkout -b releaseprivate "${VER}" || exit 1
-print_success "Done"
-
-
-
-# Check that the default build operation runs; also, build and save the
-# documentation whilst we're at it
-do_cmd ./make.sh default docs || exit 1
-do_cmd mv html "../${PKGNAME}-doc" || exit 1
-
-
-
-# Clean up
-do_cmd ./make.sh clean || exit 1
-do_cmd rm -rf .git || exit 1
-
-
-
-# Build archive, md5sum and signature
-cd ..
-tar c "${PKGNAME}" | bzip2 > "${PKGNAME}.tar.bz2"
-tar c "${PKGNAME}-doc" | bzip2 > "${PKGNAME}-doc.tar.bz2"
-sha1sum "${PKGNAME}.tar.bz2" > "${PKGNAME}.sha1"
-sha1sum "${PKGNAME}-doc.tar.bz2" > "${PKGNAME}-doc.sha1"
-gpg -a -b "${PKGNAME}.tar.bz2"
-gpg -a -b "${PKGNAME}-doc.tar.bz2"
-
-
-
-# clean up
-rm -rf "${PKGNAME}" "${PKGNAME}-doc"
-
-# kate: replace-trailing-space-save true; space-indent true; tab-width 4;
-# vim: expandtab:ts=4:sw=4