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+# descrip.mms: MMS description file for building zlib on VMS
+# written by Martin P.J. Zinser <m.zinser@gsi.de>
+
+cc_defs = 
+c_deb = 
+
+.ifdef __DECC__
+pref = /prefix=all
+.endif
+
+OBJS = adler32.obj, compress.obj, crc32.obj, gzio.obj, uncompr.obj,\
+       deflate.obj, trees.obj, zutil.obj, inflate.obj, infblock.obj,\
+       inftrees.obj, infcodes.obj, infutil.obj, inffast.obj
+
+CFLAGS= $(C_DEB) $(CC_DEFS) $(PREF)
+
+all : example.exe minigzip.exe
+        @ write sys$output " Example applications available"
+libz.olb : libz.olb($(OBJS))
+	@ write sys$output " libz available"
+
+example.exe : example.obj libz.olb
+              link example,libz.olb/lib
+
+minigzip.exe : minigzip.obj libz.olb
+              link minigzip,libz.olb/lib,x11vms:xvmsutils.olb/lib
+
+clean : 
+	delete *.obj;*,libz.olb;*
+
+
+# Other dependencies.
+adler32.obj : zutil.h zlib.h zconf.h
+compress.obj : zlib.h zconf.h
+crc32.obj : zutil.h zlib.h zconf.h
+deflate.obj : deflate.h zutil.h zlib.h zconf.h
+example.obj : zlib.h zconf.h
+gzio.obj : zutil.h zlib.h zconf.h
+infblock.obj : zutil.h zlib.h zconf.h infblock.h inftrees.h infcodes.h infutil.h
+infcodes.obj : zutil.h zlib.h zconf.h inftrees.h infutil.h infcodes.h inffast.h
+inffast.obj : zutil.h zlib.h zconf.h inftrees.h infutil.h inffast.h
+inflate.obj : zutil.h zlib.h zconf.h infblock.h
+inftrees.obj : zutil.h zlib.h zconf.h inftrees.h
+infutil.obj : zutil.h zlib.h zconf.h inftrees.h infutil.h
+minigzip.obj : zlib.h zconf.h
+trees.obj : deflate.h zutil.h zlib.h zconf.h
+uncompr.obj : zlib.h zconf.h
+zutil.obj : zutil.h zlib.h zconf.h