Final (for this commit series) optimized version and with commentary section.

[openssl.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
   386           Use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code is
                 more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note: Use
                 compiler flags for any other CPU specific configuration,
-                e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on a 64 bit system.
+                e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on an x64 system.
 
   no-sse2      Exclude SSE2 code pathes. Normally SSE2 extention is
                detected at run-time, but the decision whether or not the
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@
                        compile programs with libcrypto or libssl.
        lib             Contains the OpenSSL library files themselves.
 
+     Use "make install_sw" to install the software without documentation,
+     and "install_docs_html" to install HTML renditions of the manual
+     pages.
+
      Package builders who want to configure the library for standard
      locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
      it can easily be packaged, can use
@@ -302,10 +306,10 @@
  Note on shared libraries
  ------------------------
 
- Shared library is currently an experimental feature.  The only reason to
- have them would be to conserve memory on systems where several program
- are using OpenSSL.  Binary backward compatibility can't be guaranteed
- before OpenSSL version 1.0.
+ Shared libraries have certain caveats.  Binary backward compatibility
+ can't be guaranteed before OpenSSL version 1.0.  The only reason to
+ use them would be to conserve memory on systems where several programs
+ are using OpenSSL.
 
  For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what is needed to
  build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl.  On these systems,