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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/awk/README b/gnu/usr.bin/awk/README deleted file mode 100644 index 90ed9c29f63a..000000000000 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/awk/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,125 +0,0 @@ -README: - -This is GNU Awk 2.15. It should be upwardly compatible with the System -V Release 4 awk. It is almost completely compliant with POSIX 1003.2. - -This release adds new features -- see NEWS for details. - -See the installation instructions, below. - -Known problems are given in the PROBLEMS file. Work to be done is -described briefly in the FUTURES file. Verified ports are listed in -the PORTS file. Changes in this version are summarized in the NEWS file. -Please read the LIMITATIONS and ACKNOWLEDGMENT files. - -Read the file POSIX for a discussion of how the standard says comparisons -should be done vs. how they really should be done and how gawk does them. - -To format the documentation with TeX, you must use texinfo.tex 2.53 -or later. Otherwise footnotes look unacceptable. - -If you wish to remake the Info files, you should use makeinfo. The 2.15 -version of makeinfo works with no errors. - -The man page is up to date. - -INSTALLATION: - -Check whether there is a system-specific README file for your system. - -A quick overview of the installation process is in the file INSTALL. - -Makefile.in may need some tailoring. The only changes necessary should -be to change installation targets or to change compiler flags. -The changes to make in Makefile.in are commented and should be obvious. - -All other changes should be made in a config file. Samples for -various systems are included in the config directory. Starting with -2.11, our intent has been to make the code conform to standards (ANSI, -POSIX, SVID, in that order) whenever possible, and to not penalize -standard conforming systems. We have included substitute versions of -routines not universally available. Simply add the appropriate define -for the missing feature(s) on your system. - -If you have neither bison nor yacc, use the awktab.c file here. It was -generated with bison, and should have no AT&T code in it. (Note that -modifying awk.y without bison or yacc will be difficult, at best. You might -want to get a copy of bison from the FSF too.) - -If no config file is included for your system, start by copying one -for a similar system. One way of determining the defines needed is to -try to load gawk with nothing defined and see what routines are -unresolved by the loader. This should give you a good idea of how to -proceed. - -The next release will use the FSF autoconfig program, so we are no longer -soliciting new config files. - -If you have an MS-DOS or OS/2 system, use the stuff in the pc directory. -For an Atari there is an atari directory and similarly one for VMS. - -Chapter 16 of The GAWK Manual discusses configuration in detail. -(However, it does not discuss OS/2 configuration, see README.pc for -the details. The manual is being massively revised for 2.16.) - -After successful compilation, do 'make test' to run a small test -suite. There should be no output from the 'cmp' invocations except in -the cases where there are small differences in floating point values. -If there are other differences, please investigate and report the -problem. - -PRINTING THE MANUAL - -The 'support' directory contains texinfo.tex 2.115, which will be necessary -for printing the manual, and the texindex.c program from the texinfo -distribution which is also necessary. See the makefile for the steps needed -to get a DVI file from the manual. - -CAVEATS - -The existence of a patchlevel.h file does *N*O*T* imply a commitment on -our part to issue bug fixes or patches. It is there in case we should -decide to do so. - -BUG REPORTS AND FIXES (Un*x systems): - -Please coordinate changes through David Trueman and/or Arnold Robbins. - -David Trueman -Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing Science, -Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - -UUCP: {uunet utai watmath}!dalcs!david -INTERNET: david@cs.dal.ca - -Arnold Robbins -1736 Reindeer Drive -Atlanta, GA, 30329-3528, USA - -INTERNET: arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us -UUCP: { gatech, emory, emoryu1 }!skeeve!arnold - -BUG REPORTS AND FIXES (non-Unix ports): - -MS-DOS: - Scott Deifik - AMGEN Inc. - Amgen Center, Bldg.17-Dept.393 - Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1789 - Tel-805-499-5725 ext.4677 - Fax-805-498-0358 - scottd@amgen.com - -VMS: - Pat Rankin - rankin@eql.caltech.edu (e-mail only) - -Atari ST: - Michal Jaegermann - michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca (e-mail only) - -OS/2: - Kai Uwe Rommel - rommel@ars.muc.de (e-mail only) - Darrel Hankerson - hankedr@mail.auburn.edu (e-mail only) |