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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2014-03-05 20:36:11 +0200
committerArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2014-03-05 20:36:11 +0200
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@@ -34704,21 +34704,14 @@ can better handle @code{ODS-5} volumes with upper- and lowercase filenames.
With @code{ODS-5} volumes and extended parsing enabled, the case of the target
parameter may need to be exact.
-Older versions of @command{gawk} could be built with VAX C or
-GNU C on VAX/VMS, as well as with DEC C, but that is no longer
-supported. DEC C (also briefly known as ``Compaq C'' and now known
-as ``HP C,'' but referred to here as ``DEC C'') is required. Both
-@code{vmsbuild.com} and @code{descrip.mms} contain some obsolete support
-for the older compilers but are set up to use DEC C by default.
-
@command{gawk} has been tested under VAX/VMS 7.3 and Alpha/VMS 7.3-1
using Compaq C V6.4, and Alpha/VMS 7.3, Alpha/VMS 7.3-2, and IA64/VMS 8.3.
The most recent builds used HP C V7.3 on Alpha VMS 8.3 and both
Alpha and IA64 VMS 8.4 used HP C 7.3.@footnote{The IA64 architecture
is also known as ``Itanium.''}
-Work is currently being done for a procedure to build @command{gawk} and create
-a PCSI kit for compatible with the GNV product.
+The @file{[.vms]gawk_build_steps.txt} provides information on how to build
+@command{gawk} into a PCSI kit that is compatible with the GNV product.
@node VMS Dynamic Extensions
@appendixsubsubsec Compiling @command{gawk} Dynamic Extensions on VMS