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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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@@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ purposes are available at Aboriginal Linux: http://landley.net/aboriginal/
Precomputed sysdeps for various targets may also be available on
skarnet.org or on third-party sites.
+ Once you have gathered your sysdeps, for any skarnet.org package:
+ * give the correct --with-sysdeps option to ./configure
+ * give the correct --enable-cross option
+ * for --prefix, --bindir and other paths, always use the run-time path
+ * to install the cross-compiled package in a staging directory /your/stage,
+ perform "make install DESTDIR=/your/stage/"
+
* The slashpackage convention
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