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+# Compiling and installing mblaze
+
+Use `make all` to build, `make install` to install relative to `PREFIX`
+(`/usr/local` by default).  The `DESTDIR` convention is respected.
+
+`mblaze` has been tested on
+- Linux 4.7 (glibc 2.24)
+- Linux 4.7 (musl 1.1.15)
+- Linux 3.2 (glibc 2.13)
+- FreeBSD 11.0
+- OpenBSD 5.9
+
+On OpenBSD, you must use `make OPENBSD=1` and provide `libiconv`.