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-To build Wget with VC++ 5.0 run configure.bat in the wget directory,
-and then run nmake.  If you want to build the help file you will need
-a copy of makinfo to convert wget.texi to rtf. I've made a copy
-available at <URL:ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/wget/makeinfo.zip>.  This
-copy of makeinfo is from the miktxt 1.10 archive available from ctan.
+To build Wget with VC++ run configure.bat in the wget directory, and
+then run nmake. At a certain point in time wget exposed some compiler
+bugs in VC++ 5.0; VC++ 6.0 sp 5 is known to be safe.
+
+If you want to build the help file you will need a copy of makeinfo to
+convert wget.texi to rtf and html. I've made a copy available at
+<URL:ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/wget/makeinfo.zip>.  This copy of
+makeinfo is from the miktxt 1.10 archive available from ctan. You also
+will need perl 5, one possibility is Activeperl (currently free) from
+<URL:http://www.activestate.com>; you need to locate the download and
+install instructions for the current version available (since the
+packages and installation instructions change from time to time).
 
 To configure Wget with VC++ with ssl support first get openssl,
 compile it and install relevant headers and libraries where your