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+#*************************************************************************
+# Copyright (c) 2002 The University of Chicago, as Operator of Argonne
+#     National Laboratory.
+# Copyright (c) 2002 The Regents of the University of California, as
+#     Operator of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
+# EPICS BASE Versions 3.13.7
+# and higher are distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
+# in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution. 
+#*************************************************************************
+# $Id$
+
+# osf-alpha is the new name for alpha
+-include $(EPICS_BASE)/config/CONFIG.Host.alpha
+
+#==========================
+# These are overrides of ANSI and CPLUSPLUS values in CONFIG_SITE
+ANSI=GCC
+CPLUSPLUS=G++
+#==========================
+