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-to compile with tao_idl use:
+This is the README file for the Repository Manager (RM).
+
+In order to be able to compile the RM you need to have ZZIP lib because the RM 
+uses it to read the contents of CCM packages. ZZIP itself is a C++ wrapper
+around ZLIB, thus you will also need ZLIB. In order to compile the RM successfully
+you will need to do the following:
+ 
+1. Download ZLIB and ZZIP-LIB
+2. Compile the multi-threaded versions of these libraries
+3. create a separate directory for each library and create an include and a lib 
+subdirectory within them. Then copy the libraries files in the library subdirectory.
+Copy zlib.h in the zlib_path/include and copy zziplib.h, zzip-conf.h and zzip-msvc.h 
+(for Windows platforms; Linux might have its own file!!!). This step might be easier if
+you find a binary package of the libraries and just install it.
+4. Set $ZLIB_ROOT and $ZZIP_ROOT to point to the directories where you placed the 
+libraries and the include files.
+5. Turn on ZIP_Wrappers in the default.features or the global.features for MPC.
+6. MPC will handle the rest.
+
+
+Things to watch out for: 
+On Windows make sure that you are linking the right ZIP libraries 
+together with the rest of the libraries, i.e. if you are building the debug version of ACE, 
+TAO and CIAO, then use the debug version of the ZIP libraries. Otherwise the RM will compile
+but it will not work properly. 
+
+to compile the idl with the tao_idl compiler:
 
 tao_idl -GI new_RepositoryManager.idl -I%TAO_ROOT% -I%TAO_ROOT%\tao -I%TAO_ROOT%\orbsvcs -I%CIAO_ROOT%\DAnCE\ciao