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@@ -1,22 +1,32 @@ README: -This is GNU Awk 2.00 Beta. It should be functionally equivalent to the +This is GNU Awk 2.03 Beta. It should be upwardly compatible with the System V Release 4 awk. (Yes, you read that right.) -**** N O T I C E ****: Although the functionality is reasonably stable -and we think it relatively bug-free, the code itself is not stable and -the next release may look quite different. In particular, the memory -management is in a state of flux and will be greatly changed (and -improved) in the next release. - -Some additional features are under design/discussion with Randall -Howard at MKS and Brian Kernighan at Bell Labs. Although they are -documented, they are subject to future change. +This represents a major improvement over the previous release. In +particular, most known bugs have been fixed, and the memory leaks have +been plugged. However, the code continues to undergo steady evolution. +Known problems are given in the PROBLEMS file. The gawk.1 man page is concise but (to the best of our knowledge) complete. -A gawk.texinfo is in the works. A preliminary draft exists, but has numerous -technical errors which are being fixed. It also will have to be reorganized. -Don't look for it for a while. However, the AWK book will do quite well. +A gawk.texinfo is real close to ready. It may even be included in this +distribution. If so, it likely does not document all the new features +in 2.03 not in 2.02; that will be rectified. For the moment, the man +page should be considered authoritative when it conflicts with the +gawk.texinfo file. + +INSTALLATION: + +The Makefile will need some tailoring. Currently it is set up for +a Sun running SunOS 4.x. The changes to make in the Makefile are +commented and should be obvious. + +If you have neither bison nor yacc, use the awk.tab.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.) + +BUG REPORTS AND FIXES: Please coordinate changes through David Trueman and/or Arnold Robbins. @@ -35,3 +45,9 @@ Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA DOMAIN: arnold@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu UUCP: { gatech, mtxinu }!emoryu1!arnold BITNET: arnold@emoryu1 + +If you can't contact either of us, try Jay Fenlason, hack@prep.ai.mit.edu +AKA mit-eddie!prep!hack. During odd hours he can sometimes be reached at +(617) 253-8975, which is an MIT phone in the middle of the corridor, so don't +be suprised if someone wierd answers, or if the person on the other end has +never heard of him. (Direct them to the microvax about 10 feet to their left.) |