Compiling `gawk' under VMS
--------------------------

   To compile `gawk' under VMS, there is a `DCL' command procedure that
will issue all the necessary `CC' and `LINK' commands, and there is
also a `Makefile' for use with the `MMS' utility.  From the source
directory, use either

     $ @[.VMS]VMSBUILD.COM

or

     $ MMS/DESCRIPTION=[.VMS]DECSRIP.MMS GAWK

   Depending upon which C compiler you are using, follow one of the sets
of instructions in this table:

VAX C V3.x
     Use either `vmsbuild.com' or `descrip.mms' as is.  These use
     `CC/OPTIMIZE=NOLINE', which is essential for Version 3.0.

VAX C V2.x
     You must have Version 2.3 or 2.4; older ones won't work.  Edit
     either `vmsbuild.com' or `descrip.mms' according to the comments
     in them.  For `vmsbuild.com', this just entails removing two `!'
     delimiters.  Also edit `config.h' (which is a copy of file
     `[.config]vms-conf.h') and comment out or delete the two lines
     `#define __STDC__ 0' and `#define VAXC_BUILTINS' near the end.

GNU C
     Edit `vmsbuild.com' or `descrip.mms'; the changes are different
     from those for VAX C V2.x, but equally straightforward.  No
     changes to `config.h' should be needed.

DEC C
     Edit `vmsbuild.com' or `descrip.mms' according to their comments.
     No changes to `config.h' should be needed.

   `gawk' 2.15 has been tested under VAX/VMS 5.5-1 using VAX C V3.2,
GNU C 1.40 and 2.3.  It should work without modifications for VMS V4.6
and up.