--- psiconv/trunk/INSTALL	2002/05/10 15:55:55	147
+++ psiconv/trunk/INSTALL	2003/05/04 20:08:22	150
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation,
-Inc.
+Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
 unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@
 the `configure' script does not know about.  Run `./configure --help'
 for details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
 
-   You can give `configure' initial values for variables by setting
-them in the environment.  You can do that on the command line like this:
+   You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
+by setting variables in the command line or in the environment.  Here
+is an example:
 
      ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix
 
@@ -137,9 +138,10 @@
 ==========================
 
    There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out
-automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host the package
-will run on.  Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
-a message saying it cannot guess the host type, give it the
+automatically, but needs to determine by the type of machine the package
+will run on.  Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the
+_same_ architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
+a message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
 `--build=TYPE' option.  TYPE can either be a short name for the system
 type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
 
@@ -151,20 +153,16 @@
 
    See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field.  If
 `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
-need to know the host type.
+need to know the machine type.
 
    If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
 use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will
 produce code for.
 
    If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
-platform different from the build platform, you should specify the host
-platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will eventually be
-run) with `--host=TYPE'.  In this case, you should also specify the
-build platform with `--build=TYPE', because, in this case, it may not
-be possible to guess the build platform (it sometimes involves
-compiling and running simple test programs, and this can't be done if
-the compiler is a cross compiler).
+platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
+"host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
+eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
 
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