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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index e0b6da6b..7917e299 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.121 2007/11/24 20:22:52 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.124 2008/03/29 18:07:32 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ INSTALLATION PROCEDURE:
     recent implementation of libiconv.  We have built this configuration on
     Linux using libiconv, sometimes requiring libutf8.
 
+    If you configure using the --with-pthread option, a "t" is appended to
+    the library names (e.g., libncursest.a, libncursestw.a).
+
     If you do not specify any models, the normal and debug libraries will be
     configured.  Typing `configure' with no arguments is equivalent to:
 
@@ -512,7 +515,8 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 
     --enable-reentrant
 	Compile experimental configuration which improves reentrant use of the
-	library by reducing global and static variables.
+	library by reducing global and static variables.  This option is also
+	set if --with-pthread is used.
 
     --enable-rpath
 	Use rpath option when generating shared libraries, and (with some
@@ -698,6 +702,12 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	Use a hashed database for storing terminfo data rather than storing
 	each compiled entry in a separate binary file within a directory
 	tree.
+	
+	In particular, this uses the Berkeley database 1.8.5 interface, as
+	provided by that and its successors db 2, 3, and 4.  The actual
+	interface is slightly different in the successor versions of the
+	Berkeley database.  The database should have been configured using
+	"--enable-compat185".
 
 	If you use this option for configuring ncurses, tic will only be able
 	to write entries in the hashed database.  infocmp can still read
@@ -810,6 +820,11 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	Generate profile-libraries These are named by adding "_p" to the root,
 	e.g., libncurses_p.a
 
+    --with-pthread
+	Link with POSIX threads, set --enable-reentrant.  The use_window() and
+	use_screen() functions will use mutex's, allowing rudimentary support
+	for multithreaded applications.
+
     --with-rcs-ids
 	Compile-in RCS identifiers.  Most of the C files have an identifier.