Clarify prerequisites.

[empserver] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 4a37d1ef1c3bd7be1a9ba65d8fe98aae4682f2cf..d5923d27d243d4a225d5d80d6a72c477aee45f72 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ To build the server and set up a game, follow the steps below.
     If you downloaded a tarball, unpack it.
 
     If you're pulling from CVS, check out and run bootstrap.  This
-    requires Autoconf and Automake to be installed.
+    requires recent versions of Autoconf and Automake to be installed.
 
 (2) Building a server
 
-    Requirements: GNU make and GNU troff (`groff'), ANSI C, Perl,
-    Bourne Shell and the common utilities.
+    Prerequisites: GNU make and, ANSI C, a curses library, Perl, nroff
+    or GNU troff (`groff'), Bourne Shell and the common utilities,
+    conforming to the Single UNIX Specification Version 2.
 
     See file `INSTALL' for detailed compilation and installation
     instructions.  Quick guide for the impatient: run configure; make;
@@ -36,6 +37,11 @@ To build the server and set up a game, follow the steps below.
     If make fails without doing anything, you're probably not using
     GNU make.  Some systems have it installed as `gmake'.
 
+    Solaris supports SUSv2, but you need to set up your environment
+    for that.  Try passing
+        SHELL=/usr/xpg4/bin/sh PATH=/usr/xpg4/bin:$PATH
+    to make.  See standards(5) for details.
+
 (3) Creating a game
 
     * Create a configuration for your game.  make install installs one
@@ -71,8 +77,6 @@ To build the server and set up a game, follow the steps below.
 
       To change the deity password, use `change re <password>'.
 
-      FIXME auth
-
     * Create countries with `exec newcap_script'.
 
     Your game is now up!