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@@ -5,25 +5,33 @@ THE Z SHELL (ZSH)
 Version
 -------
 
-This is zsh version 4.2.0.  This is a stable release.
+This is zsh version 4.2.1.  This is a stable release.
 
 Installing Zsh
 --------------
 
 The instructions for compiling zsh are in the file INSTALL.  You should
-also check the file MACHINES in the subdirectory Etc to see if there
+also check the file MACHINES in the top directory to see if there
 are any special instructions for your particular architecture.
 
 Features
 --------
 
 Zsh is a shell with lots of features.  For a list of some of these, see the
-file Etc/FEATURES, and for the latest changes see Etc/NEWS.  For more
+file FEATURES, and for the latest changes see NEWS.  For more
 details, see the documentation.
 
 Possible incompatibilities
 ---------------------------
 
+Currently the only known incompatibilities between 4.2.0 and later
+versions are minor: IPv6 addresses must be specified in
+square brackets in the zftp module and function system; special
+traps for pseudosignals ZERR, DEBUG and EXIT are no longer executed
+inside other traps (users may well have assumed this was the case anyway
+since the behaviour was not explicity documented).  See the NEWS file for
+more detail.
+
 Some particular differences you may notice since version 4.0:
 
 The bash-compatibility zle functions described in the zshcontrib manual