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README for the GNUish MS-DOS project.
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Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Last updated: 90-11-02.
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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is not highly interested in ports
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of GNU software to MS-DOS, because they threaten to slow down the GNU
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project by using up the time of the people who maintain GNU software.
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However, Thorsten Ohl <td12@ddagsi3.bitnet> is organizing distribution
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of such ports and moderating the GNUish MS-DOS project.
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There is currently no room on prep.ai.mit.edu to put these files up
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for ftp. If prep get more disk space, they might become available.
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For the present, see below for a list of ftp archive sites providing a
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copy of the GNUish MS-DOS subdirectory and, for each ftp site, the
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name and electronic address of the maintainer.
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The GNUish MS-DOS subdirectory contains both MS-DOS ports of GNU
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software and MS-DOS replacements for non-ported GNU software, the
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collective whole being dubbed the "GNUish MS-DOS" project.
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When several ports of the same tool exist, one of them has been
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selected by the moderator of this project. This does not means that
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the selected port is the best possible, it means however that the port
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is quite good. Nobody should feel offended by any selection.
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Some tools are possibly dangerous if you do not thoroughly understand
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their usage (v.g. `rm -r *'). You ought to know what you are doing.
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YOU USE THESE TOOLS AT YOUR OWN RISK. You *were* warned!
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LEGAL CONDITIONS
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These programs are free software; you can redistribute them and/or
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modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your
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option) any later version.
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These programs are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, BUT
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, without even the implied warranties of
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merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU
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General Public License (the file COPYING) for more details.
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FTP ARCHIVE SITES
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The collection of programs known as the GNUish MS-DOS project is
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available for ftp at the following addresses. Administrative contacts
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and upload directories are listed here for the moderator's convenience.
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vulcan.phyast.pitt.edu [130.49.33.16], in pub/pc/gnudos.
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adm contact: Roberto Gomez <roberto@bondi.phyast.pitt.edu>
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upload in: incoming
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ocf.berkeley.edu [128.32.184.254], in pub/GNU/gnuish-msdos.
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sandstrom.berkeley.edu [128.32.234.18], alternatively.
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adm contact: Eric Ng <erc@irss.njit.edu> or <...!ucbvax!argon!erc>
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upload in: pub/GNU/uploads
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wsmr-simtel20.army.mil [26.2.0.74], in pd2:<msdos2.gnuish>
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adm contact: Keith Peterson <w8sdz@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil>
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uploaded by: David Camp <dave@wubios.wustl.edu>
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funic.funet.fi [128.214.6.100], in pub/msdos/gnudos.
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adm contact: Petri Hartoma <msdos1@nic.funet.fi>
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upload in: pub/msdos/incoming
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SOURCE CODE
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Due to space considerations, only the patches relative to the official
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GNU source code (with the source code found on prep.ai.mit.edu being
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considered "official") and custom-written source code are provided.
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In order to re-compile the GNUish MS-DOS project on your computer, you
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need to first obtain the official GNU source code. GNU documentation
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(if any) can also be found within the official GNU source code.
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The Free Software Foundation has set up an anonymous FTP site for GNU
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software on prep.ai.mit.edu [18.71.0.38]. The distributions present
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on that machine are considered "official" and are the best ones to use
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with the GNUish MS-DOS project.
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EXECUTABLE CODE
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For convenience, ready-to-execute binaries are also provided for those
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who do not have the necessary compilers, or do not feel like using
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them. User documentation is usually not provided, at least for now,
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beyond the documentation provided in the official GNU distribution.
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GNUISH MS-DOS CONTENTS
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File Notes Description or official sources
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cpio11.zoo prep.ai.mit.edu: pub/gnu/cpio-1.1.tar.Z
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diff114.zoo prep.ai.mit.edu: pub/gnu/diff-1.14.tar.Z
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fgrep11.zoo prep.ai.mit.edu: pub/gnu/fgrep-1.1.tar.Z
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find12.zoo 1 prep.ai.mit.edu: pub/gnu/find-1.2.tar.Z
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flex236.zoo prep.ai.mit.edu: pub/gnu/flex-2.3.6.tar.Z
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futil14.zoo prep.ai.mit.edu: pub/gnu/fileutils-1.4.tar.Z
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gdbm14.zoo 3 prep.ai.mit.edu: pub/gnu/gdbm-1.4.tar.Z
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gnulib0.zoo 3,4 Port of usual GNU routines
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gptx01.zoo 4 Ask <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>
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grep15.zoo prep.ai.mit.edu: pub/gnu/grep-1.5.tar.Z
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inden11.zoo prep.ai.mit.edu: pub/gnu/indent-1.1.tar.Z
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m4v05.zoo prep.ai.mit.edu: pub/gnu/m4.tar.Z
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make358.zoo 2 prep.ai.mit.edu: pub/gnu/make-3.58.tar.Z
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mkinf10.zoo 4,5 prep.ai.mit.edu: pub/gnu/elisp.tar.Z
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sed106.zoo prep.ai.mit.edu: pub/gnu/sed-1.06.tar.Z
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sort03.zoo 4 Future GNU sort, version 0.3
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swalib0.zoo 2,3 Swapping library from <td12@ddagsi3.bitnet>
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1 use `zoo x//' to restore sub-directories
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2 requires Microsoft C compiler at level 6.0
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3 this is a source library, not a user program
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4 GNUish, but unofficial or unreleased GNU product
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5 includes both makeinfo *and* a stand-alone Info reader
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For those interested, the filename for each of packages is selected
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according to the following pattern:
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<radix><version><release>.zoo
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In this syntax, <radix> is a string of three to six characters to
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identify the product, v.g. `futil' indicates GNU file utilities.
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<version> is a series of one to three digits indicating the version,
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v.g. `14' for `1.4', 358 for `3.58' or `0' for non-released yet; the
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decimal point is not necessarily implied after the first digit. In no
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case <radix> and <version> altogether could go over seven characters.
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The <release> is nothing for the first edition in GNUish MS-DOS
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archives, but might be a single letter for subsequent editions, like
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`a', `b', `c', etc. in turn.
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FUTURE FILES
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The following GNU tools have already been ported to DOS, and will be
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added later in the GNUish MS-DOS subdirectory:
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bison chess compress ctags gawk perl rcs readline
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The following replacement tools could be made available in the GNUish
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MS-DOS subdirectory, in the future:
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freemacs or jove no editor war, please :-)
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ms_sh162 waiting for bash :-)
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uxutl162 only some of them
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Work is being done for:
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tar
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README AUTHORS
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This README file has been written disjointly by:
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Thorsten Ohl <td12@ddagsi3.bitnet>
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Francois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>
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Eric Ng <erc@irss.njit.edu>
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Richard Stallman <rms@ai.mit.edu>
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