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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 27a148a32d..3aed5a869c 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -111,15 +111,16 @@ ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION FILES
 
 * Complex Text Layout support libraries
 
-Emacs needs the optional libraries "m17n-db", "libm17n-flt", "libotf"
-to correctly display such complex scripts as Indic and Khmer.
-On some systems, particularly GNU/Linux, these libraries may be
-already present or available as additional packages.  Note that if
-there is a separate `dev' or `devel' package, for use at compilation
-time rather than run time, you will need that as well as the
-corresponding run time package; typically the dev package will contain
-header files and a library archive.  Otherwise, you can download and
-build libraries from sources.
+On GNU and Unix systems, Emacs needs the optional libraries "m17n-db",
+"libm17n-flt", "libotf" to correctly display such complex scripts as
+Indic and Khmer, and also for scripts that require Arabic shaping
+support (Arabic and Farsi).  On some systems, particularly GNU/Linux,
+these libraries may be already present or available as additional
+packages.  Note that if there is a separate `dev' or `devel' package,
+for use at compilation time rather than run time, you will need that
+as well as the corresponding run time package; typically the dev
+package will contain header files and a library archive.  Otherwise,
+you can download and build libraries from sources.
 
 The sources of these libraries are available by anonymous CVS from
 cvs.m17n.org.
@@ -133,6 +134,9 @@ For m17n-lib, if you have problems with making the whole package
 because you lack some other packages on which m17n-lib depends, try to
 configure it with the option "--without-gui".
 
+Note that Emacs cannot support complex scripts on a TTY, unless the
+terminal includes such a support.
+
 * intlfonts-VERSION.tar.gz
 
 The intlfonts distribution contains X11 fonts in various encodings
@@ -208,7 +212,8 @@ The names of the packages that you need varies according to the
 GNU/Linux distribution that you use, and the options that you want to
 configure Emacs with.  On Debian-based systems, you can install all the
 packages needed to build the installed version of Emacs with a command
-like `apt-get build-dep emacs23'.
+like `apt-get build-dep emacs23'.  On Red Hat systems, the
+corresponding command is `yum-builddep emacs'.
 
 
 DETAILED BUILDING AND INSTALLATION:
@@ -308,6 +313,10 @@ systems which support that.
 
 Use --without-sound to disable sound support.
 
+Use --with-wide-int to implement Emacs values with the type 'long long',
+even on hosts where a narrower type would do.  With this option, on a
+typical 32-bit host, Emacs integers have 62 bits instead of 30.
+
 The `--prefix=PREFIXDIR' option specifies where the installation process
 should put emacs and its data files.  This defaults to `/usr/local'.
 - Emacs (and the other utilities users run) go in PREFIXDIR/bin
@@ -704,8 +713,8 @@ directory of the Emacs distribution.
 in `./lib-src' to their final destinations, as selected in `./src/epaths.h'.
 
 Strictly speaking, not all of the executables in `./lib-src' need be copied.
-- The programs `fakemail', `hexl', `movemail', `profile', `rcs2log',
-    and `vcdiff' are used by Emacs; they do need to be copied.
+- The programs `hexl', `movemail', `profile', `rcs2log', and `vcdiff'
+    are used by Emacs; they do need to be copied.
 - The programs `etags', `ctags', `emacsclient', and `rcs-checkin'
     are intended to be run by users; they are handled below.
 - The programs `make-docfile' and `test-distrib' were