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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index d2741ffdd..6f6a6108c 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -247,12 +247,15 @@ Shell functions By default, the shell functions which are installed with `make install' or `make install.fns' go into the directory ${datadir}/zsh/functions, which unless you have specified --datadir is the same as -${prefix}/share/zsh/functions ($prefix itself defaults to /usr/local, as -described below). This directory will also be compiled into the shell as -the default directory for the variable $fpath/$FPATH. You can override it -with --enable-fndir=directory; --disable-fndir or --enable-fndir=no will -turn off both installation of functions and the setting of a default value -for $fpath/$FPATH. +${prefix}/share/zsh/functions/$ZSH_VERSION ($prefix itself defaults to +/usr/local, as described below). This directory will also be compiled into +the shell as the default directory for the variable $fpath/$FPATH. You can +override it with --enable-fndir=directory; --disable-fndir or +--enable-fndir=no will turn off both installation of functions and the +setting of a default value for $fpath/$FPATH. Note the presence of +$ZSH_VERSION (e.g. `3.1.7') to avoid clashes between versions of zsh. +If you only run one version of zsh at once, installing into a common +directory such as /usr/local/share/zsh/functions is fine. You can control the functions which get installed by setting FUNCTIONS_INSTALL, either when running configure (e.g. |