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Compiling `gawk' for Unix
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   After you have extracted the `gawk' distribution, `cd' to
`gawk-3.1.0'.  Like most GNU software, `gawk' is configured
automatically for your Unix system by running the `configure' program.
This program is a Bourne shell script that is generated automatically
using GNU `autoconf'.  (The `autoconf' software is described fully
starting with Note: Top.)

   To configure `gawk', simply run `configure':

     sh ./configure

   This produces a `Makefile' and `config.h' tailored to your system.
The `config.h' file describes various facts about your system.  You
might want to edit the `Makefile' to change the `CFLAGS' variable,
which controls the command-line options that are passed to the C
compiler (such as optimization levels or compiling for debugging).

   Alternatively, you can add your own values for most `make' variables
on the command line, such as `CC' and `CFLAGS', when running
`configure':

     CC=cc CFLAGS=-g sh ./configure

See the file `INSTALL' in the `gawk' distribution for all the details.

   After you have run `configure' and possibly edited the `Makefile',
type:

     make

Shortly thereafter, you should have an executable version of `gawk'.
That's all there is to it!  To verify that `gawk' is working properly,
run `make check'.  All of the tests should succeed.  If these steps do
not work, or if any of the tests fail, check the files in the
`README_d' directory to see if you've found a known problem.  If the
failure is not described there, please send in a bug report (Note:
Reporting Problems and Bugs..)