first crude attempt .. doesn't handle failed upgrades yet

[debian/sudo] / README

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@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-This is Sudo version 1.7.5
-
 The sudo philosophy
 ===================
 Sudo is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges
@@ -27,15 +25,16 @@ summary of major changes to the current stable release, see the web
 page, http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/stable.html.
 
 If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Sudo, please see
-the UPGRADE file.
+the UPGRADE file in the doc directory.
 
-For a history of sudo please see the HISTORY file.
+For a history of sudo please see the HISTORY file in the doc directory.
 
 System requirements
 ===================
-To build sudo from the source distribution you need a machine running
-Unix (most flavors of BSD, SYSV, or POSIX will do), a working C
-compiler, and the ar, make and ranlib utilities.
+To build sudo from the source distribution you need a nominally
+POSIX-compliant operating system (any modern version of BSD, Linux
+or UNIX should work), a working ANSI/ISO C compiler (C89 or higher),
+and the ar, make and ranlib utilities
 
 If you wish to modify the parser then you will need flex version
 2.5.2 or later and either bison or byacc (sudo comes with a pre-flex'd
@@ -92,6 +91,7 @@ Bug reports
 If you have found what you believe to be a bug, you can file a bug
 report in the sudo bug database, on the web at http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/.
 
-Please read over the `TROUBLESHOOTING' file *before* submitting a bug
-report.  When reporting bugs, please be sure to include the version of
-sudo you are using as well as the platform you are running it on.
+Please read over the `TROUBLESHOOTING' file in the doc directory *before*
+submitting a bug report.  When reporting bugs, please be sure to include
+the version of sudo you are using as well as the platform you are running
+it on.