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@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Thank you for trying rdiff-backup. To install, run:
python setup.py install
+The build process can be also be run separately:
+
+ python setup.py build
+
The default prefix is /usr, so files are put in /usr/bin,
/usr/share/man/, etc. An alternate prefix can be specified using the
--prefix=<prefix> option. For example:
@@ -14,8 +18,10 @@ The default prefix is /usr, so files are put in /usr/bin,
REQUIREMENTS:
Remember that you must have Python 2.2 or later and librsync 0.9.5.1
-or later installed. To download, see http://www.python.org and
-http://sourceforge.net/projects/librsync/ respectively.
+or later installed. For Python, see http://www.python.org. The
+rdiff-backup homepage at http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/ should have
+a recent version of librsync; otherwise see the librsync homepage at
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/librsync/.
For remote operation, rdiff-backup should be in installed and in the
PATH on remote system(s) (see man page for more information).