diff --git a/binconst.mk b/binconst.mk
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+#
+# Compilation constants for utilities (directories ./bin, ./sbin,
+# ./usr.bin, ./usr.sbin).  These are not used when building the libraries.
+#
+# $Id: binconst.mk,v 1.1 1997/08/08 04:44:13 gdr Exp $
+#
+# Devin Reade, 1997.
+#
+
+DEFINES	+=
+CFLAGS	+= -v -w
+LDFLAGS	+= -v
+LDLIBS	+=
+
+COPYFORK	= /usr/orca/bin/copyfork
+INSTALL		= /usr/bin/install
+DESCU		= /usr/sbin/descu
+
+# This is the created source file for the describe(1) database.
+DESC_SRC	= $(RELEASE_DIR)/usr/lib/describe.src
+
+# Define SRCS if it's not already done.
+.IF $(SRCS) == $(NULL)
+	SRCS	= $(PROG).c
+.END
+
+# Define DESC if it's not already done.
+.IF $(DESC) == $(NULL)
+	DESC	= $(PROG).desc
+.END
+
+OBJS	= $(SRCS:s/.c/.o/:f)
diff --git a/binrules.mk b/binrules.mk
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+#
+# Standard compilation rules for utilities (directories ./bin, ./sbin,
+# ./usr.bin, ./usr.sbin).  These are not used when building the libraries.
+#
+# $Id: binrules.mk,v 1.1 1997/08/08 04:44:13 gdr Exp $
+#
+# Devin Reade, 1997.
+#
+
+build:	$(PROG)
+
+$(PROG): $(OBJS) $(PROG).r
+	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LDLIBS)
+	$(COPYFORK) $(PROG).r $@ -r
+                
+clean:
+	-$(RM) -f *.o
+	-$(RM) -f *.root
+	-$(RM) -f *.r
+	-$(RM) -f *.rej
+
+clobber: clean
+	-$(RM) $(PROG)
diff --git a/paths.mk b/paths.mk
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+#
+# gno/paths.mk
+#
+# Top-level configuration for building GNO and making a release.  This
+# file is used to specify the various path names used by the build/release
+# process.  It need not be shipped with a binaries-only GNO distribution.
+#
+# Devin Reade, 1997
+#
+# $Id: paths.mk,v 1.1 1997/08/08 04:44:13 gdr Exp $
+#
+
+# SRC_DIR is the top-level GNO source distribution directory (containing
+# $(SRC_DIR)/gno, $(SRC_DIR)/gno/lib, and so forth).  It also corresponds
+# to the top level of the CVS repository.
+# I recommend using /src and defining it in /etc/namespace.
+
+SRC_DIR		= /src
+
+# RELEASE_DIR is the directory into which we will put the created
+# distribution files.
+# I recommend using /dist and defining it in /etc/namespace.
+
+RELEASE_DIR	= /dist
+
+# ORCA_DIST is the directory containing the standard Orca distribution.
+# It shouldn't contain any GNO-isms.
+# I recommend using /orca-native and defining it in /etc/namespace.
+
+ORCA_DIST	= /orca-native
+
+# INCLUDE_GNO is the directory containing only the header files (and subdirs
+# containing header files) that will be shipped with GNO.  Normally, this
+# should be $(SRC_DIR)/gno/include
+
+INCLUDE_GNO	= $(SRC_DIR)/gno/include
+
+# INCLUDE_ORCA is the directory containing the completely unmodified Orca/C
+# header files.  (The current version is v2.1.1b2.)  If a file in here
+# requires modifications, it should be copied into $(INCLUDE_GNO) and edited
+# there.  Presumably, INCLUDE_ORCA is $(ORCA_DIST)/libraries/orcacdefs.
+
+INCLUDE_ORCA	= $(ORCA_DIST)/libraries/orcacdefs
+
+# INCLUDE_GNO_ALT is a directory residing on an HFS volume.  It is used for
+# those header files which have ProDOS-incompatible file names.  These
+# headers are actually "links" to the "real" headers, which reside in the
+# $(INCLUDE_GNO) hierarchy.
+# I recommend using /HFS-src/HFSinclude and defining /HFS-src in /etc/namespace.
+
+INCLUDE_GNO_ALT	= /HFS-src/HFSinclude
+
+# These are the directories that will wind up becoming the distributions
+# disks.  We want to be able to ship on floppy, although the preferred
+# method will be via ftp.
+
+DISKS		= $(RELEASE_DIR)/disks
+DISK1		= $(DISKS)/gno.disk1
+DISK2		= $(DISKS)/gno.disk2
+DISK3		= $(DISKS)/gno.disk3