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Directory m4

As mentioned in the BUGS file in the parent directory, Autoconf for VMS
version 1.104 requires Richard Levitte's port of GNU m4 version 1.2.

This directory contains a zipfile of the source, including updates last dated
1997-03-16.  There is also a binary executable for Alpha systems, should the
source prove untenable.  (But you should *really* try to build from source
first.)  In any case, make sure that the symbol M4 points to the resulting
binary executable, by placing in LOGIN.COM something like:

   $ m4 :== $MY:[USR.LOCAL.BIN]M4

If you build and install from the source zipfile, use something like:

   $ @MY:[USR.LOCAL.STARTUP]GNU_STARTUP m4-1.2

Once Autoconf for VMS is able to work w/ more recent versions of GNU m4 (as
well as this version), this directory will be deleted.