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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 9b0ac23d..36c0bbcb 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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--- Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.               --
+-- Copyright (c) 1998-2013,2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.               --
 --                                                                           --
 -- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a   --
 -- copy of this software and associated documentation files (the             --
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.168 2013/08/03 23:15:23 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.172 2014/06/21 18:53:42 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -337,6 +337,10 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
     --disable-largefile
 	Disable compiler flags needed to use large-file interfaces.
 
+    --disable-lib-suffixes
+	Suppress the "w", "t" or "tw" suffixes which normally would be added
+	to the library names for the --enable-widec and --with-pthread options.
+
     --disable-libtool-version
 	when using --with-libtool, control how the major/minor version numbers
 	are used for constructing the library name.
@@ -833,10 +837,15 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	filesystem-based terminfo entries.
 
 	Use the parameter value to give the install-prefix used for the
-	datbase, e.g.,
+	database, e.g.,
 		--with-hashed-db=/usr/local/BigBase
 	to find the corresponding include- and lib-directories under the
-	given directory.
+	given directory.  Alternatively, you can specify a directory leaf
+	name, e.g., 
+		--with-hashed-db=db4
+	to make the configure script look for files in a subdirectory such as
+		/usr/include/db4/db.h
+		/usr/lib/db4/libdb.so
 
 	See also the --enable-getcap option.
 
@@ -978,11 +987,23 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	shared libraries, you may encounter problems with the linker.
 	For example, it may prevent you from running  the build tree's
 	copy of tic (for installing the terminfo database) because it
-	loads the system's copy of the ncurses shared libraries.  In that
-	case, using the misc/shlib script may be helpful, since it sets
-	$LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the build tree, e.g.,
+	loads the system's copy of the ncurses shared libraries.
+	
+	In that case, using the misc/shlib script may be helpful, since it
+	sets $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the build tree, e.g.,
+
 		./misc/shlib make install
 
+	Alternatively, for most platforms, the linker accepts a list of
+	directories which will be searched for libraries at run-time.  The
+	configure script allows you to modify this list using the
+	RPATH_LIST environment variable.  It is a colon-separated list of
+	directories (default:  the "libdir" set via the configure script).
+	If you set that to put "../lib" first in the list, the linker will
+	look first at the build-directory, and avoid conflict with libraries
+	already installed.  One drawback to this approach is that libraries
+	can be accidentally searched in any "../lib" directory.
+
 	NOTE: If you use the --with-ada-sharedlib option, you should also
 	set this option, to ensure that C-language modules needed for the
 	Ada binding use appropriate compiler options.