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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/README b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/README
index 7ec34b1a07d..eb0e436d860 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/README
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/README
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This directory contains various GNU compilers, assemblers, linkers,
debuggers, etc., plus their support routines, definitions, and documentation.
If you are receiving this as part of a GDB release, see the file gdb/README.
-If with a gas release, see gas/README; if with a libg++ release,
+If with a binutils release, see binutils/README; if with a libg++ release,
see libg++/README, etc. That'll give you info about this
package -- supported targets, how to use it, how to report bugs, etc.
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ To install them (by default in /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, etc),
then do:
make install
-If the configure script can't determine your type of computer, give it
+(If the configure script can't determine your type of computer, give it
the name as an argument, for instance ``./configure sun4''. You can
use the script ``config.sub'' to test whether a name is recognized; if
it is, config.sub translates it to a triplet specifying CPU, vendor,
@@ -30,21 +30,18 @@ explicitly set CC in the environment before running configure, and to
also set CC when running make. For example (assuming sh/bash/ksh):
CC=gcc ./configure
- make CC=gcc
+ make
A similar example using csh:
setenv CC gcc
./configure
- make CC=gcc
-
-See etc/cfg-paper.texi, etc/configure.texi, and/or the README files in
-various subdirectories, for more details.
+ make
Much of the code and documentation enclosed is copyright by
the Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the file COPYING or
COPYING.LIB in the various directories, for a description of the
GNU General Public License terms under which you can copy the files.
-REPORTING BUGS: Again, see gdb/README, gas/README, etc., for info on where and
-how to report problems.
+REPORTING BUGS: Again, see gdb/README, binutils/README, etc., for info
+on where and how to report problems.