Updating root-level files so that zotnet/tws/Makefile is not generated.

[nmh] / docs / README.developers

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     "time".  Date and time manipulation routines go here.
 
 
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+nmh-local functions to use in preference to OS versions
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+For some system functions whose availability or behavior varies from OS to OS,
+nmh conditionally uses a local definition with the same name as the OS function
+(e.g. snprintf()).  For other functions, developers need to avoid the OS
+versions and always use the nmh-supplied function.  Here is a list of such
+functions: 
+
+OS function  nmh-local version to use instead
+===========  ================================
+getpass()    nmh_getpass()
+
+
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