How to compile this package:

Its really quite simple -- its about the same difficulty as compiling
any GNU software (however, this is _not_ GNU software)

  o  Run 'configure' by using one (and only one) of the following:

		./configure
		sh configure

  o  By default, 'configure' sets up the software to be run from
     /usr/local -- if this is not the case for you (ie, you are not
     the superuser compiling for the entire system) you can run
     configure with the "--prefix=/path/to/somewhere" flag, for example:

		./configure --prefix=/usr/home/jnelson

  o  This IRC II client should be able to compile and run on almost
     any modern unix (A ``modern'' unix is one that supports POSIX
     system calls and BSD networking in addition to the most commonly
     accepted non-standard unix extensions, like getpw*() functions.)
     All i can say is try it and see if it works.  It will definitely
     work on Solaris, FreeBSD, Linux, Digital Unix, SCO ODT 5, AIX, etc.

  o  To compile ircii, type 'make'.  This will compile the `irc' and `wserv'
     programs that live in the `source' subdirectory.

  o  Once that you are happy with the compilation, you can install them
     with `make install'.  This will install all the binaries, and scripts
     into the path specified in the Makefile (or when you ran configure).
     The help files are available as a seperate package.  They should be
     available from the same place you got the source code from.

  o  You can now delete the object files and binaries if you want to
     save some space by typing `make clean'.  If you are sure you probably
     wont have to compile again, but you want to keep the source code
     around, you can use `make distclean'.  You should make distclean
     before you try to compile again for a different architecture.

  o  Help files are not shipped with the base distribution (because of their
     size and because they are not updated frequently.)  You should be able
     to find the help files in the same place you got the source distribution,
     or you can find them at ftp://ftp.acronet.net/pub/ircii.  To install the
     help files, you need to put the gzip'd tar file in the irc library as
     configured into the client.  This is typically either /usr/local/lib/irc
     or $HOME/lib/irc.  Extract it there (it will create a subdirectory named
     help).  If you have problems, start up the irc client, and run the command
     /SET HELP_PATH   -- the output should be the directory where you installed
     the help files.  If its not, you either need to /SET HELP_PATH to the
     place where the help files are, or you need to move the help files to 
     where the client is expecting to find them. ;-)

  o  Bug reports go to ircii-epic@concentric.net.  Please see the BUG_FORM 
     file for information about how to file a bug report.  Please include 
     as much information as possible.
