This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of Gawk, a pattern
scanning and processing language.  Gawk was written by Diane Barlow
Close, Arnold D. Robbins, Paul H. Rubin and Richard Stallman.

This package was put together by Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com> (debian.*
files were originally prepared by Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.org>),
from sources obtained from:
 prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/gawk-3.0.0.tar.gz

Changes:
 * added Debian GNU/Linux package maintenance system files
gawk-2.15.6-2 prepared Sun Dec  3 01:04:13 UTC 1995
 o New maintainer Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>
 o Changed postinst and prerm scripts to use update-alternatives
 o Cleaned up debian.rules
 o Added longer Description (taken directly from the man page)
 o Added the following files to /usr/doc/gawk: LIMITATIONS and PROBLEMS
 o ELF package
gawk-3.0.0-1 prepared Mon Jan 29 04:03:09 UTC 1996
 o Upgraded to new upstream source
 o Compiled with: gcc-2.7.2-2, binutils-2.6-2, and libc5-5.2.18-1.

Gawk is Copyright (C) 1986, 1988-1995 the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Modifications for Debian GNU/Linux Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 Chris Fearnley.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program;  if not, write to the Free Software
   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License can be found in `/usr/doc/copyright/GPL'.
