History:
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This software package was originally just a simple script to create virtual
servers (vserver project) on debian machines using debootstrap.

It was first written by Mark Lawrence <nomad@null.net> and then improved
by Paul Sladen   <vserver@paul.sladen.org>. Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>
modified it further and included it (in 2002) in the vserver package in
Debian. He also added a couple of other scripts to make other tasks like
stripping virtual servers and such.

In 2004 it was split out as a separate piece of software so it
can evolve on its own.


Package cache notice:
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Previous versions of newvserver saved archives in $VROOT/ARCHIVES. Due to
problems with having the same dir for saved archives for multiple distributions
this directory has been changed to $VROOT/ARCHIVES/$DIST. You can clean this
directory.

If you are creating virtual servers from a distribution that change over time (like
testing and unstable) you may find similar errors. The solution is to clean the
$VROOT/ARCHIVES/$DIST directory if it complains on unpacking a debfile that do not exist.


License:
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   Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>
   Copyright (C) 2002      Paul Sladen   <vserver@paul.sladen.org>
   Copyright (C) 2002      Mark Lawrence <nomad@null.net>

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
version.

This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License with
your Debian GNU/Linux system, in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or with
the dpkg source package as the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307, USA.
