--- gforth/INSTALL	2007/01/10 09:08:49	1.36
+++ gforth/INSTALL	2008/07/26 20:57:05	1.39
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
-Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2003,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
 unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
 
 
 		Prerequisites
 
-You need gcc version 2.0 or later to compile gforth.  Recommended:
-gcc-2.95.* (other versions produce slower code).
+You need gcc version 2.0 or later to compile gforth.
 
-To use the new C interface, you need to install the ffcall libraries
-before configuring Gforth.  You can find them on
+For the (documented) libcc.fs C interface you need a C compiler at
+run-time.
+
+For the (undocumented ) lib.fs C interface you need to install either
+the ffcall libraries or the libffi library.  Libffi comes with recent
+gccs, ffcall can be found on
 
    ftp://ftp.santafe.edu/pub/gnu/ffcall-1.8.tar.gz (USA) 
    ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/ffcall-1.8.tar.gz (Europe) 
 
+On many architectures (exceptions: 386, PPC, MIPS, Alpha) you need gdb
+at run-time in order for the disassembler to work.
+
 
 		Building and Installing
 
@@ -27,7 +33,8 @@ After configuration, type
 
 make
 
-Now you can check whether your shiny new Forth system works. Say
+This includes a check whether your shiny new Forth system works. If
+you like to invoke the check alone, do
 
 make check