3/3/89

This directory contains various versions of the source for Toolpack/1.  At
this time all of the source is from the NAG 2.5 release.  The NAG directory
contains two different release formats exactly as they were received from NAG.
The directory ./NAG/rel2.5a.dir contains the 112 files from the "format A"
release tape.  These are all plain ASCII text files, no compression, no
archiving.  The file ./NAG/rel2.5unix.tar.Z is a copy of the Unix targeted
version of release 2.5 as received from NAG.  In addition to being a tar
format file it has been compressed using the Unix 'compress' command to allow
it to be more easily downloaded.  If this compressed version proves to be too
large to transfer in one shot send mail to dph@lanl.gov and I'll set up a
split version of it.

(NOTE: You'll need to put ftp into bin mode before transferring the
       compressed files.)

The LANL directory contains locally modified versions of the original sources
from NAG.  In the case of ./LANL/rel2.5unix.tar.Z the only modifications were
changing of a couple of instances of CHARACTER FOO*(*) to character variables
of definite size when the BSD 4.3 f77 compiler refused to compile the former.
I have compiled this source on a VAX 11/785 running BSD 4.3 and run most of
the tools.  It all seems to work.  I have noticed however that the Makefile
employs some rather strange constructs so your milage may vary on other
versions of Unix or using other compilers.  This is again tar'ed and
compressed.  Let me know if it's too large to transfer and I'll split it up.

The Unix targeted version is the one you'll want to get if you want to quickly
and painlessly get a running version of Toolpack on a Unix machine.  However,
it is not a format suitable for serious work on Toolpack itself.  All of the
source files have already been preprocessed.  While this save you the trouble
of bringing up the preprocessor first it severly limits the modifiability and
maintainability of the code.

I am slowly but surely making progress on a Unix development version of
release 2.5 for those interested in working on Toolpack itself.  It is
currently at what I will call version 0.1 of its development process.  It has
a directory system and makefiles for the TIEC, supplemental libraries, and
nearly all of the tools from the A format release tape.  It still needs make
files for a few key tools in the monolithic group.  After that's done the
shell scripts from the Unix targeted version should be made to work with the
new directory structure.  After that I hope that many people will be motivated
to improve in many directions at once.  More shell scripts, more tools,
improvement of existing tools and a better build-install system would all be
useful.  Any contributions of effort will be appreciated.

This code is also available in the LANL directory.  It has been split into
pieces to facilitate successful transfer across the network.  

Also included here is a copy of the mailing list itself and an archive of the
mailing list discussion from the time it began until 3/2/89.  I'll update the
list as needed and add archives periodicly.  I suspect that these will mostly
be of interest to new subscribers.  The current archive contains everyone's
introductory messages.  These are in Unix mailer format and can be most easily
read with 'mail -f'.

	Enjoy. Questions and comments to dph@lanl.gov

	David Huelsbeck
	Computer User Support
	Los Alamos National Laboratory
	C-10, Mail Stop B296
	Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
	(505) 667-1865