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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index d4d1e881..c7dd3278 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 1.156 2011/05/07 19:39:37 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.160 2011/10/15 23:32:49 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -407,13 +407,14 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 
     --disable-tic-depends
 	When building shared libraries, normally the tic library is linked to
-	depend upon the ncurses library (and in turn, on the term-library if
-	the --with-termlib option was given).  The tic- and term-libraries
-	ABI does not depend on the --enable-widec option. Some packagers have
-	used this to reduce the number of library files which are packaged
-	by using only one copy of those libraries.  To make this work properly,
+	depend upon the ncurses library (or equivalently, on the tinfo-library
+	if the --with-termlib option was given).  The tic- and tinfo-library
+	ABIs do not depend on the --enable-widec option.  Some packagers have
+	used this to reduce the number of library files which are packaged by
+	using only one copy of those libraries.  To make this work properly,
 	the tic library must be built without an explicit dependency on the
-	ncurses (or ncursesw) library.  Use this configure option to do that.
+	underlying library (ncurses vs ncursesw, tinfo vs tinfow).  Use this
+	configure option to do that.
 	For example
 		configure --with-ticlib --with-shared --disable-tic-depends
 
@@ -616,6 +617,12 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	match is found in the terminfo database.  See also the --enable-getcap
 	and --enable-getcap-cache options.
 
+	Termcap support requires run-time parsing rather than loading
+	predigested data.  If you have specified --with-ticlib, then you
+	cannot have termcap support since run-time parsing is done in the
+	tic library, which is intentionally not part of normal linkage
+	dependencies.
+
     --enable-warnings
 	Turn on GCC compiler warnings.  There should be only a few.
 
@@ -904,6 +911,10 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
     --with-pkg-config=[DIR]
 	Check for pkg-config, optionally specifying its path.
 
+    --with-pkg-config-libdir=[DIR]
+	If pkg-config was found, override the automatic check for its library
+	path.
+
     --with-profile
 	Generate profile-libraries These are named by adding "_p" to the root,
 	e.g., libncurses_p.a
@@ -1024,6 +1035,8 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	install as "ncurses.h" and modify the installed headers and manpages
 	accordingly.
 
+	Likewise, do not install an alias "curses" for the ncurses manpage.
+
     --without-cxx
 	XSI curses declares "bool" as part of the interface.  C++ also declares
 	"bool".  Neither specifies the size and type of booleans, but both