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+ Installation Instructions
+
+Varnish uses the GNU autotools. To build and install Varnish, simply
+run the 'configure' script in the top-level directory, then run 'make'
+and 'make install'.
+
+Additional 'configure' options of interest:
+
+ --enable-developer-warnings
+ enable strict warnings (default is NO)
+ --enable-debugging-symbols
+ enable debugging symbols (default is NO)
+ --enable-werror use -Werror (default is NO)
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+This is an alpha release of the Varnish high-performance HTTP
+accelerator.
+
+Please read the following web page before trying out Varnish:
+
+ http://varnish.projects.linpro.no/wiki/AlphaReadme
+
+Technical questions about Varnish and this release should be addressed
+to <varnish-dev@projects.linpro.no>.
+
+For more information about the project, see:
+
+ http://varnish.projects.linpro.no/wiki