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index 065c239..6372437 100644
--- a/README.DOS.template
+++ b/README.DOS.template
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ To build:
if you use PKUNZIP). If you build Make on Windows 95, use an
unzip program that supports long filenames in zip files.
+ If you are unpacking an official GNU source distribution, use
+ either DJTAR (which is part of the DJGPP development
+ environment), or the DJGPP port of GNU Tar.
+
2. Invoke the `configure.bat' batch file.
If you are building Make in-place, i.e. in the same directory
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ To build:
[Enter]. Otherwise, you need to supply the path to the source
directory as an argument to the batch file, like this:
- configure.bat c:/djgpp/gnu/make-3.76
+ configure.bat c:/djgpp/gnu/make-%VERSION%
Note the forward slashes: you MUST use them here.
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ To build:
If you are building from outside of the source directory, you
need to tell Make where the sources are, like this:
- make srcdir=c:/djgpp/gnu/make-3.76
+ make srcdir=c:/djgpp/gnu/make-%VERSION%
(configure.bat will tell you this when it finishes). You MUST
use a full, not relative, name of the source directory here, or
@@ -73,8 +77,8 @@ To build:
6. After Make finishes, if you have a Unix-style shell installed,
you can use the `install' target to install the package. You
- will also need GNU Fileutils and GNU Sh-utils for this (they
- should be available from the DJGPP sites).
+ will also need GNU Fileutils and GNU Sed for this (they should
+ be available from the DJGPP sites).
Without a Unix-style shell, you will have to install programs
and the docs manually. Copy make.exe to a directory on your
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ To build:
file `dir' in your Info directory by adding the following item
to the main menu:
- * GNU make: (make.info). The GNU make utility.
+ * Make: (make.info). The GNU make utility.
If you have the `install-info' program (from the GNU Texinfo
package), it will do that for you if you invoke it like this:
@@ -92,8 +96,8 @@ To build:
(If your Info directory is other than C:\DJGPP\INFO, change this
command accordingly.)
- 7. The `clean' targets also require Unix-style shell and `test' and
- `rm' programs (from Fileutils and Sh-utils, accordingly).
+ 7. The `clean' targets also require Unix-style shell, and GNU Sed
+ and `rm' programs (the latter from Fileutils).
@@ -240,8 +244,7 @@ Notes:
doesn't include characters illegal on MSDOS FAT filesystems,
will be automatically down-cased.) User reports that I have
indicate that this default behavior is generally what you'd
- expect; however, since support for long filenames in the DJGPP
- port of GNU Make is relatively new, your input is most welcome.
+ expect; however, your input is most welcome.
In any case, if you hit a situation where you must force Make to
get the 8+3 DOS filenames in upper case, set FNCASE=y in the
@@ -283,8 +286,8 @@ Bug reports:
reported first on the comp.os.msdos.djgpp news group (if you cannot
post to Usenet groups, write to the DJGPP mailing list,
<djgpp@delorie.com>, which is an email gateway into the above news
- group). For other bugs, please follow the the procedure explained
- in the "Bugs" chapter of the Info docs. If you don't have an Info
+ group). For other bugs, please follow the procedure explained in
+ the "Bugs" chapter of the Info docs. If you don't have an Info
reader, look up that chapter in the `make.i1' file with any text
browser/editor.