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@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ A few special variables you can set while using the Makefile.PL:
unless your perl is less buggy than mine -- see
http://bugs.debian.org/411786)
+ MAKE, FIND, and SED can be used to specify where you have the GNU
+ versions of those tools installed, if the normal make, find, and sed
+ are not GNU.
+
There are also other variables supported by MakeMaker, including PREFIX,
INSTALL_BASE, and DESTDIR. See ExtUtils::MakeMaker(3).