		Release notes-outer_brev 1.5  Nov 99

	outer_brev requires outer_utils.c and outer.h.  It has always
required path_info_routines.c & .h.  Previously (some version before version
1.3) these files were included as source.  In this release, they are included
as a .tar file.  If you wish to use them from the same directory as outer,
please untar.  If you wish to put the path_info routines elsewhere, we 
suggest NOT untarring in the outer directory to be sure that you're getting 
the software from the your intended directories.
	The comments at the top of outer_brev.c are the most complete
documentation of the changes in this release.  The outer_brev_revision.doc
file contains older source comments removed from outer_brev.c for
convenience.  The outer_brev_switches.doc file summarizes available 
compilation switches.  Most compilation options are also available as 
environment variables at runtime.  The outer_brev.doc file is a discussion 
of the ".brev" data listing feature.
	This release is compatible with outer_brev 1.3 except
1) in case of error, versions 1.4 & 1.5 exit with a status of 250.  The old
   behavior was to exit with 0 under any circumstances.  The old behavior
   cannot be restored without changing the source code.  A non-zero value 
   other than 250 can be chosen by defining compilation symbol
   ERROR_EXIT_STATUS; however, this is not recommended.
2) the OO_OUTER switch is not accepted at compile time, and will generate
   a diagnostic on stderr if specified at runtime.

	outer_brev requires file error_exit_defn.h to be in
the include path of the various compilation commands used to compile outer.
Installation of the latest path_info_routines package (path_info12a.tar;
included in outer15.tar) is one way to take care of this.

	The comments in the first paragraph, above, relating to
path_info_routines.c are also relevant to outer_utils.c.
