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Improve installation doc slightly, by Mark Sirota's request.

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John Gilmore 35 years ago
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@end group
@end example
You can install @code{_GDBP__} anywhere; it has no hardwired paths. However,
you should make sure that the shell on your path (named by the
You can install @code{_GDBP__} anywhere; it has no hardwired paths.
Simply copy @code{gdb/gdb} to the desired directory.
@comment What about installing the man pages, info files, etc?
However, you should make sure that the shell on your path (named by the
@samp{SHELL} environment variable) is publicly readable; some systems
refuse to let _GDBN__ debug child processes whose programs are not
readable, and _GDBN__ uses the shell to start your program.

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