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 E.5 Upgrading from Aspell 0.50
 ==============================
 
 The dictionary format has changed so dictionaries will need to be
 recompiled.
 
    All data, by default, is now included in `LIBDIR/aspell-0.60' so
 that multiple versions of Aspell can more peacefully coexist.  This
 included both the dictionaries and the language data files which were
 stored in `SHAREDIR/aspell' before Aspell 0.60.
 
    The format of the character data files has changed.  The new
 character data files are installed with Aspell so you should not have
 to worry about it unless you made a custom one.
 
    The dictionary option `strip-accents' has been removed.  For this
 reason the old English dictionary (up to 0.51) will no longer work.  A
 new English dictionary is now available which avoids using this option.
 In addition the `ignore-accents' option is currently unimplemented.
 
    The flag `-l' is now a shortcut for `--lang', instead of `--list' as
 it was with Aspell 0.50.
 
 E.5.1 Binary Compatibility
 --------------------------
 
 The Aspell 0.60 library is binary compatible with the Aspell 0.50
 library.  For this reason I chose _not_ to increment the major version
 number (so-name) of the shared library by default which means programs
 that were compiled for Aspell 0.50 will also work for Aspell 0.60.
 However, this means that having both Aspell 0.50 and Aspell 0.60
 installed at the same time can be pragmatic.  If you wish to allow both
 Aspell 0.50 and 0.60 to be installed at the same time then you can use
 the configure option `--incremented-soname' which will increment
 so-name.  You should only use this option if you know what you are
 doing.  It is up to you to somehow ensure that both the Aspell 0.50 and
 0.60 executables can coexist.
 
    If after incrementing the so-name you wish to allow programs compiled
 for Aspell 0.50 to use Aspell 0.60 instead (thus implying that Aspell
 0.50 is not installed) then you can use a special compatibility library
 which can be found in the `lib5' directory.  This directory will not be
 entered when building or installing Aspell so you must manually build
 and install this library.  You should build it after the rest of Aspell
 is built.  The order in which this library is installed, with relation
 to the rest of Aspell, is also important.  If it is installed _after_
 the rest of Aspell then new programs will link to the old library
 (which will work for Aspell 0.50 or 0.60) when built, if installed
 _before_, new programs will link with the new library (Aspell 0.60
 only).
 

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