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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 8b82ade..2550dab 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Installation Instructions
*************************
Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
-2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Particular systems
CC is not installed, it is recommended to use the following options in
order to use an ANSI C compiler:
- ./configure CC="cc -Ae"
+ ./configure CC="cc -Ae -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500"
and if that doesn't work, install pre-built binaries of GCC for HP-UX.
@@ -174,6 +174,16 @@ and if that doesn't work, try
./configure CC="cc -nodtk"
+ On Solaris, don't put `/usr/ucb' early in your `PATH'. This
+directory contains several dysfunctional programs; working variants of
+these programs are available in `/usr/bin'. So, if you need `/usr/ucb'
+in your `PATH', put it _after_ `/usr/bin'.
+
+ On Haiku, software installed for all users goes in `/boot/common',
+not `/usr/local'. It is recommended to use the following options:
+
+ ./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+
Specifying the System Type
==========================
@@ -189,7 +199,8 @@ type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
- OS KERNEL-OS
+ OS
+ KERNEL-OS
See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If
`config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't