[PENNMUSH] 1.7.7-patch40

[Javelin]

The PennMUSH development team announces the release of 1.7.7-patch40

You can retrieve this patch, or a complete tarball of this version
of PennMUSH, from the PennMUSH download site http://ftp.pennmush.org/Source

Please read the instructions at the top of the patch file if using
a patch. Sometimes they differ slightly. Changes in this patch
are listed below.

Enjoy!

  Javelin, for the penndevs

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Major Changes:
  * Another pass at the chunk allocator! Simpler but effective.
    Folks should, however, greatly reduce their chunk_migrate
    value in mush.cnf -- we suggest '50'. [TAP]
Commands:
  * @command/alias can alias commands. Patch by Walker at M*U*S*H.
Functions:
  * zwho() and zmwho(). [EEH]
Minor Changes:
  * utils/penn-install is no longer part of the PennMUSH distribution
    (it's part of the Debian maintainer's stuff). [EEH]
  * Inheritable @locks are inherited off of ancestor objects. 
    Suggested by Zith at Lovarii. [SW] 
Fixes:
  * Infinite recursion in @lock/examine fixed. Report by
    Amy Kou'ai (Amy at ShoujoAi) and Sparta Kerleon (Sparta at ShoujoAi). [TAP]
  * @flag/letter now allows setting a flag's letter to one used by
    another flag that works on different object types. Report by Lenon.
  * Translation corrections by Cheetah at M*U*S*H and [EEH].
  * Added __USE_POSIX to the cflags for linux, and removed 
    checking for -lbind, to help SuSE 9.  Report by Ambrosia at M*U*S*H.
  * Fixes to panic db loading logic. [SW] 
  * escape() shouldn't double-escape the first character of the
    string when it's a special character. Report by Walker at M*U*S*H.