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diff --git a/README.mpeix b/README.mpeix
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--- a/README.mpeix
+++ b/README.mpeix
@@ -9,27 +9,68 @@ README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
    http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html
-   http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/
    Perl language for MPE
-   Last updated June 2, 2000 @ 0400 UTC
+   Last updated January 12, 2006 @ 2100 UTC
+
 
 =head1 NOTE
 
-This is a podified version of the above-mentioned web page,
+This is a podified version of what used to be on the above-mentioned web page,
 podified by Jarkko Hietaniemi 2001-Jan-01.
 
-=head1 Binary distribution from HP
+=head1 What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
 
-The simplest way to obtain Perl for the MPE/iX is to go either of
-these URLs and follow the instructions within.
+January 12, 2006
 
-http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/
-http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html
+=over 4
 
-Use which ever one is more recent.
+=item *
 
+Updated for perl-5.8.8 and perl-5.9.3 by Ken Hirsch.
 
-=head1 What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
+Simplified the build process by using the MPEAUTOCONF
+functionality in Mark Klein's ld.
+
+If you build this from scratch, make sure you have a version
+of ld which supports it.  In the shell, type
+
+  ld --help
+    and look for AUTOCONF or MPEAUTOCONF near the bottom
+
+  or do this:
+  ld --help 2>&1 | grep AUTOCONF
+
+If you see don't see AUTOCONF or MPEAUTOCONF, make sure you get a new
+version.
+
+You also do not have to use mpeix/relink after building, so the
+recommend sequence is:
+
+  ./Configure -de
+
+      # or ./Configure -de -Dusedevel 
+      # if you're building a development version
+
+  make
+  make test
+     # if you run this in a job, do "make test_notty"
+
+  make install
+
+Be prepared for a wait. These take much longer on MPE/iX than on a Unix
+system, because of a slow forking, mostly.  On a lightly-loaded HP3000
+Series 979 running MPE/iX 7.5:
+
+    Configure: 1 hour
+    make:      1 hour 15 minutes
+    make test  1 hour 45 minutes
+
+Various socket problems were fixed in mpeix.c.
+
+Mark Klein provided a fixed sigsetjmp (that works with dynamic
+libraries) in mpeix_setjmp.c
+
+=back
 
 June 1, 2000
 
@@ -42,9 +83,6 @@ mod_perl, you MUST download and install this version of Perl/iX!
 
 =item *
 
-bincompat5005="undef": sorry, but you will have to recompile any
-binary 5.005 extensions that you may be using (if any; there is no
-5.005 code in what you download from bixby.org)
 uselargefiles="undef": not available in MPE for POSIX files yet.
 
 =item *
@@ -61,13 +99,6 @@ libnet (as seen on CPAN)
 
 libwww-perl (LWP) which lets Perl programs behave like web browsers:
 
-    1. #!/PERL/PUB/perl
-    2. use LWP::Simple;
-    3. $doc = get('http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html');  # reads the
-       web page into variable $doc
-
-(http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html)
-
 =item *
 
 mod_perl (just the perl portion; the actual DSO will be released
@@ -86,7 +117,7 @@ installing of add-on packages:
     2. perl -MCPAN -e shell
     3. Ignore any terminal I/O related complaints!
 
-(http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html)
+(http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPAN/)
 
 =back
 
@@ -133,8 +164,7 @@ machines that I administer, and I want to have the same power
 available to me on MPE.
 
 Please send your comments, questions, and bug reports directly to me,
-Mark Bixby ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/ ), by e-mailing to
-mark@bixby.org. Or just post them to HP3000-L.
+Mark Bixby ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/ ). Or just post them to HP3000-L.
 
 The platform I'm using to do this port is an HP 3000 957RX running
 MPE/iX 6.0 and using the GNU gcc C compiler
@@ -390,7 +420,7 @@ make sure that your script has execute permission. Run your script!
 Be sure to take a look at the CPAN module list
 ( http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html ). A wide variety of free Perl software
 is available.  You can automatically download these packages by using
-the CPAN module ( http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html ).
+the CPAN module ( http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPAN/ ).
 
 =head1 MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
 
@@ -436,12 +466,6 @@ a zero.
 
 =item *
 
-If you use Perl/iX fcntl() against a socket it will fail, because MPE
-requires that you use sfcntl() instead.  Perl/iX does not presently
-support sfcntl().
-
-=item *
-
 MPE requires GETPRIVMODE() in order to setuid().  There are too many
 calls to setuid() within Perl/iX, so I have not attempted an automatic
 GETPRIVMODE() solution similar to bind().
@@ -683,5 +707,5 @@ Porting begins.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
-Mark Bixby, mark@bixby.org
+Mark Bixby, http://www.bixby.org/mark/