Index: configure.ac
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RCS file: /cvsroot/coreutils/coreutils/configure.ac,v
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -r1.26 configure.ac
--- configure.ac	5 Apr 2003 15:45:55 -0000	1.26
+++ configure.ac	11 Jun 2003 12:50:56 -0000
@@ -256,6 +256,12 @@
 
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external], [need-ngettext])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.11.5)
+AH_VERBATIM([REDIRECTION_BY_UTILITY],
+[/* Redirection and wildcarding when done by the utility itself.
+   Generally a noop, but used in particular for native VMS. */
+#ifndef initialize_main
+#define initialize_main(argcp, argvp)
+#endif])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(
   Makefile
Index: src/comm.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/coreutils/coreutils/src/comm.c,v
retrieving revision 1.64
diff -u -r1.64 comm.c
--- src/comm.c	10 May 2003 14:19:44 -0000	1.64
+++ src/comm.c	11 Jun 2003 12:50:56 -0000
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@
 {
   int c;
 
+  initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
   program_name = argv[0];
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
