--- embedaddon/mtr/README	2016/11/01 09:33:48	1.1.1.2
+++ embedaddon/mtr/README	2019/10/21 14:25:31	1.1.1.3
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ WHAT IS MTR?
   As mtr starts, it investigates the network connection between the host
   mtr runs on and a user-specified destination host.  After it
   determines the address of each network hop between the machines, 
-  it sends a sequence ICMP ECHO requests to each one to determine the 
+  it sends a sequence of ICMP ECHO requests to each one to determine the 
   quality of the link to each machine.  As it does this, it prints
   running statistics about each machine.
 
@@ -31,14 +31,17 @@ INSTALLING
 
 	make install
 
-  Note that mtr must be suid-root because it requires access to raw IP 
-  sockets.  See SECURITY for security information.
+  Note that mtr-packet must be suid-root because it requires access to
+  raw IP sockets.  See SECURITY for security information.
 
-  Older versions used to require a non-existant path to GTK for a
+  Older versions used to require a non-existent path to GTK for a
   correct build of a non-gtk version while GTK was installed. This is
-  no longer neccesary. ./configure --WITHOUT_GTK should now work. 
+  no longer necessary. ./configure --without-gtk should now work. 
   If it doesn't, try "make WITHOUT_X11=YES" as the make step. 
 
+  On Solaris, you'll need to use GNU make to build.
+  (Use 'gmake' rather than 'make'.)
+
   On Solaris (and possibly other systems) the "gtk" library may be
   installed in a directory where the dynamic linker refuses to look when
   a binary is setuid. Roman Shterenzon reports that adding 
@@ -47,27 +50,33 @@ INSTALLING
   you're out of luck when you use the sun LD. That's not quite true, as
   you can move the gtk libraries to /usr/lib instead of leaving them in
   /usr/local/lib.  (when the ld tells you that /usr/local/lib is untrusted
-  and /usr/lib is trusted, and you trust hte gtk libs enough to want them
+  and /usr/lib is trusted, and you trust the gtk libs enough to want them
   in a setuid program, then there is something to say for moving them
   to the "trusted" directory.)
 
-  On Solaris, linking usually fails to find "wattr" or something like that.
-  Somehow, I can't seem to be able to automate "configure" finding the right
-  libs on Solaris. So, the solution is that you cut-and-paste the line
-  doing the linking into a terminal window, and add "-lcurses" by hand. 
-  Then it will link. Help on how to catch this in autoconf appreciated.
+  Building on MacOS should not require any special steps.
 
-  On Mac OS X the nameserver8_compat.h needs to be included. I put the 
-  include inside an "#if 0" section in the file "dns.c". If someone 
-  knows how to make this automatic using autoconf / the configure script, 
-  please tell me.... 
+BUILDING FOR WINDOWS
 
-  This should now also work: 
-  ./configure CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" LIBS="-lresolv" \
-       --without-gtk --disable-endian-check --disable-dependency-tracking
+  Building for Windows requires Cygwin.  To obtain Cygwin, see
+  https://cygwin.com/install.html.  When installing Cygwin, select
+  the 'lynx' package for installation.  lynx is required by apt-cyg.
 
+  Next, install apt-cyg for easy installation of the remaining
+  components.  See https://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg.
 
+  Install the packages required for building:
 
+        apt-cyg install automake pkg-config make gcc-core libncurses-devel
+
+  Build as under Unix:
+
+        ./bootstrap.sh && ./configure && make
+
+  Finally, install the built binaries:
+
+        make install
+
 WHERE CAN I GET THE LATEST VERSION OR MORE INFORMATION?
 
   mtr is now hosted on github. 
@@ -76,18 +85,17 @@ WHERE CAN I GET THE LATEST VERSION OR MORE INFORMATION
   See the mtr web page at 
          http://www.BitWizard.nl/mtr/ 
 
-  There used to be a mailinglist, but all it got was spam. So
-  when the server was upgraded, the mailing list died. 
+  Bug reports and feature requests should be submitted to the Github
+  bug tracking system.
 
-  Bug reports and feature requests should be submitted to the 
-  bug tracker at launchpad: https://launchpad.net/mtr/+bugs
+  Patches can be submitted by cloning the Github repository and issuing
+  a pull request, or by email to me. Please use unified diffs. Usually
+  the diff is sort of messy, so please check that the diff is clean and
+  doesn't contain too much of your local stuff (for example, I don't
+  want/need the "configure" script that /your/ automake made for you).
 
-  Patches can be submitted by Email to me, or submitted to the 
-  bug tracker. Or you can clone the github repository and issue a pull
-  request. Please use unified diffs. Usually the diff is sort of
-  messy, so please check that the diff is clean and doesn't contain too
-  much of your local stuff (for example, I don't want/need the "configure"
-  script that /your/ automake made for you). 
+  (There used to be a mailinglist, but all it got was spam. So
+  when the server was upgraded, the mailing list died.)
 
 -- REW