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+README:
+
+This is GNU Awk 3.0.3. It should be upwardly compatible with the Bell
+Labs research version of awk.  It is almost completely compliant with
+the 1993 POSIX 1003.2 standard for awk. (See the note below about POSIX.)
+
+Patches 1 through 3 just fix bugs -- see NEWS and ChangeLog for details.
+
+See the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
+
+Known problems are given in the PROBLEMS file.  Work to be done is
+described briefly in the FUTURES file.  Verified ports are listed in
+the PORTS file.  Changes in this version are summarized in the NEWS file.
+Please read the LIMITATIONS and ACKNOWLEDGMENT files.
+
+Read the file POSIX for a discussion of how the standard says comparisons
+should be done vs. how they really should be done and how gawk does them.
+  
+To format the documentation with TeX, use at least version 2.151 of
+texinfo.tex. There is a usable copy of texinfo.tex in the doc directory.
+
+The Info file now comes with the distribution.
+
+The man page is up to date.
+
+INSTALLATION:
+
+Check whether there is a system-specific README file for your system
+under the `README_d' directory.  If there's something there that you
+should have read and didn't, and you bug me about it, I'm going to yell
+at you.
+
+See the file INSTALL.
+
+If you have neither bison nor yacc, use the awktab.c file here.  It was
+generated with bison, and has no proprietary code in it.  (Note that modifying
+awk.y without bison or yacc will be difficult, at best.  You might want
+to get a copy of bison from the FSF too.)
+  
+If you have an MS-DOS or OS/2 system, use the stuff in the `pc' directory.
+Similarly, there are separate directories for Ataris, Amigas, and VMS.
+
+Appendix B of The GNU Awk User's Guide discusses configuration in detail. The
+configuration process is now based on Autoconf, so the whole business
+should be considerably simpler than it was in gawk 2.X.Y.
+
+After successful compilation, do 'make check' to run a small test
+suite.  There should be no output from the 'cmp' invocations except in
+the cases where there are small differences in floating point values,
+and possibly in the case of strftime. Several of the tests ignore
+errors on purpose; those are not a problem.  If there are other
+differences, please investigate and report the problem.
+
+PRINTING THE MANUAL
+
+The 'doc' directory contains a recent version of texinfo.tex, which will be
+necessary for printing the manual.  Use `make dvi' to get a DVI file from
+the manual. In the `doc' directory, use `make postscript' to get a PostScript
+version of the manual.
+
+BUG REPORTS AND FIXES (Un*x systems):
+
+Please coordinate changes through Arnold Robbins. In particular, see
+the section in the manual on reporting bugs. Note that comp.lang.awk is
+about the worst place to post a gawk bug report. Please, use the mechanisms
+outlined in the manual.
+
+Arnold Robbins
+INTERNET:	arnold@gnu.ai.mit.edu
+
+BUG REPORTS AND FIXES (non-Unix ports):
+
+MS-DOS:
+	Scott Deifik
+	scottd@amgen.com
+
+	Darrel Hankerson
+	hankedr@mail.auburn.edu
+
+VMS:
+	Pat Rankin
+	rankin@eql.caltech.edu
+
+Atari ST:
+	Michal Jaegermann
+	michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca
+
+OS/2:
+	Kai Uwe Rommel
+	rommel@ars.de
+
+Amiga:
+	Fred Fish
+	fnf@ninemoons.com