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 Current news
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+ntfsprogs now should ./configure and compile cleanly on SuSE as well as RedHat
+Linux.
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 ntfsprogs now compiles and works on FreeBSD.  Thanks to Christophe Grenier.
 
 ntfsprogs now compiles with DJGPP under DOS, too (only "make libs" target,