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[empserver] / README

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+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Welcome to Empire 4, code-named Wolfpack.
 
 Empire is a multi-player, client/server Internet based war game.
-Copyright (C) 1986-2011, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak,
+Copyright (C) 1986-2020, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak,
 Ken Stevens, Steve McClure, Markus Armbruster
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -21,25 +21,42 @@ To build the server and set up a game, follow the steps below.
     If you downloaded a tarball, unpack it.
 
     If you cloned a git repository, run bootstrap.  This requires
-    recent versions of Autoconf and Automake to be installed.
+    recent versions of Autoconf and Automake to be installed.  See
+    also doc/contributing.
 
 (2) Building a server
 
-    Prerequisites: IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (POSIX.1-2001), GNU make, a
-    curses library, Perl, and either nroff or GNU troff (`groff').
+    Prerequisites: IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (POSIX.1-2001) with the X/Open
+    System Interfaces Extension, GNU make, Perl, and either nroff or
+    GNU troff (`groff').
 
     See file `INSTALL' for detailed compilation and installation
     instructions.  Quick guide for the impatient: run configure; make;
     make install.  The last step is optional; everything runs fine
     right from the build tree.
 
+    If configure reports "readline: no" in its configuration summary,
+    fancy line editing doesn't work in the client.  Commonly caused by
+    not having development libraries installed.  On Linux, try
+    installing readline-devel.
+
+    If configure reports "terminfo: no" in its configuration summary,
+    highlighting doesn't work in the client.  Commonly caused by not
+    having development libraries installed.  On Linux, try installing
+    ncurses-devel.
+
     If make fails without doing anything, you're probably not using
     GNU make.  Some systems have it installed as `gmake'.
 
     Solaris supports POSIX.1-2001, but you need to set up your
-    environment for that.  Try passing
-        SHELL=/usr/xpg4/bin/sh PATH=/usr/xpg6/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:$PATH
-    to make.  See standards(5) for details.
+    environment for that.  Try
+
+        SHELL=/usr/xpg4/bin/sh
+        PATH=/usr/xpg6/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:$PATH
+
+    See standards(5) for details.
+
+    Likewise, AIX needs XPG_SUS_ENV=ON.
 
 (3) Creating a game
 
@@ -84,11 +101,11 @@ Naturally, there's more to running a real game than that, but that's
 beyond the scope of this file.
 
 Please report bugs to <wolfpack@wolfpackempire.com> or via SourceForge
-http://sourceforge.net/projects/empserver (registration required).
+<http://sourceforge.net/projects/empserver/> (registration required).
 
 For more information or help, try rec.games.empire on Usenet, or send
 e-mail to <wolfpack@wolfpackempire.com> and we'll try to answer if we
-can.  Also check out our web site at "http://www.wolfpackempire.com".
+can.  Also check out our web site at <http://www.wolfpackempire.com/>.
 
 Have fun!