diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 736a36ea3..0cf171b2c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 v0.6.1
 New : zlib wrapper API, thanks to Przemyslaw Skibinski
+New : Ability to compile compressor / decompressor separately
+Changed : new lib directory structure
 Fixed : Legacy codec v0.5 compatible with dictionary decompression
 Fixed : Decoder corruption error (#173)
 Fixed : null-string roundtrip (#176)
-New : midipix support
 New : benchmark mode can select directory as input
+Experimental : midipix support, VMS support
 
 v0.6.0
 Stronger high compression modes, thanks to Przemyslaw Skibinski
diff --git a/lib/common/mem.h b/lib/common/mem.h
index 5abd83d1a..201d9bb0f 100644
--- a/lib/common/mem.h
+++ b/lib/common/mem.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /*-**************************************************************
 *  Basic Types
 *****************************************************************/
-#if defined (__cplusplus) || (defined (__STDC_VERSION__) && (__STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L) /* C99 */)
+#if  !defined (__VMS) && (defined (__cplusplus) || (defined (__STDC_VERSION__) && (__STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L) /* C99 */) )
 # include <stdint.h>
   typedef  uint8_t BYTE;
   typedef uint16_t U16;