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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 8e13f2cef7..d55de5dd47 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -295,11 +295,13 @@ headers from libraries other than the GNU C Library yourself after installing the library. You can install the GNU C Library somewhere other than where you -configured it to go by setting the 'install_root' variable on the -command line for 'make install'. The value of this variable is +configured it to go by setting the 'DESTDIR' GNU standard make variable +on the command line for 'make install'. The value of this variable is prepended to all the paths for installation. This is useful when setting up a chroot environment or preparing a binary distribution. The -directory should be specified with an absolute file name. +directory should be specified with an absolute file name. Installing +with the 'prefix' and 'exec_prefix' GNU standard make variables set is +not supported. The GNU C Library includes a daemon called 'nscd', which you may or may not want to run. 'nscd' caches name service lookups; it can |