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Requirement details
-------------------
- In addition to the requirements listed in INSTALL, these are required
- as well:
+ In addition to the requirements and instructions listed in INSTALL,
+ this are required as well:
* At least ODS-5 disk organization for source and build.
Installation can be done on any existing disk organization.
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a different ANSI C compiler may require some work.
+ About MMS and DCL
+ -----------------
+
+ MMS has certain limitations when it comes to line length, and DCL has
+ certain limitations when it comes to total command length. We do
+ what we can to mitigate, but there is the possibility that it's not
+ enough. Should you run into issues, a very simple solution is to set
+ yourself up a few logical names for the directory trees you're going
+ to use.
+
+
Checking the distribution
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