@cindex portability
@cindex operating systems
-Since Wget uses GNU Autoconf for building and configuring, and avoids
-using ``special'' ultra--mega--cool features of any particular Unix, it
-should compile (and work) on all common Unix flavors.
+Like all GNU software, Wget works on the GNU system. However, since it
+uses GNU Autoconf for building and configuring, and mostly avoids using
+``special'' features of any particular Unix, it should compile (and
+work) on all common Unix flavors.
Various Wget versions have been compiled and tested under many kinds of
-Unix systems, including Solaris, Linux, SunOS, OSF (aka Digital Unix),
-Ultrix, *BSD, IRIX, and others; refer to the file @file{MACHINES} in the
-distribution directory for a comprehensive list. If you compile it on
-an architecture not listed there, please let me know so I can update it.
+Unix systems, including Solaris, GNU/Linux, SunOS, OSF (aka Digital Unix
+or Tru64), Ultrix, *BSD, IRIX, AIX, and others; refer to the file
+@file{MACHINES} in the distribution directory for a comprehensive list.
+If you compile it on an architecture not listed there, please let me
+know so I can update it.
Wget should also compile on the other Unix systems, not listed in
@file{MACHINES}. If it doesn't, please let me know.
Thanks to kind contributors, this version of Wget compiles and works on
Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT platforms. It has been compiled
-successfully using MS Visual C++ 4.0, Watcom, and Borland C compilers,
+successfully using MS Visual C++ 6.0, Watcom, and Borland C compilers,
with Winsock as networking software. Naturally, it is crippled of some
features available on Unix, but it should work as a substitute for
people stuck with Windows. Note that the Windows port is
@strong{neither tested nor maintained} by me---all questions and
-problems should be reported to Wget mailing list at
-@email{wget@@sunsite.dk} where the maintainers will look at them.
+problems in Windows usage should be reported to Wget mailing list at
+@email{wget@@sunsite.dk} where the volunteers who maintain the
+Windows-related features might look at them.
@node Signals
@section Signals