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diff --git a/README.hpux b/README.hpux
index e05d11e..ade3309 100644
--- a/README.hpux
+++ b/README.hpux
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ difficulty, but also can take advantage of features listed later that
 require the use of HP compiler-specific command-line flags.
 
 If you decide to use gcc, make sure your installation is recent and
-complete, and be sure to read the Perl README file for more gcc-specific
+complete, and be sure to read the Perl INSTALL file for more gcc-specific
 details.
 
 =head2 PA-RISC
@@ -134,17 +134,18 @@ contain PA-RISC 2.0 chips:
     D280, D370, D380, D390, D650, J220, J2240, J280, J282, J400, J410,
     J5000, J5500XM, J5600, J7000, J7600, K250, K260, K260-EG, K270, K360,
     K370, K380, K450, K460, K460-EG, K460-XP, K470, K570, K580, L1000,
-    L2000, L3000, N4000, R380, R390, RP2400, RP2430, RP2450, RP2470,
-    RP5400, RP5430, RP5450, RP5470, RP7400, RP7410, RP8400, SD16000,
-    SD32000, SD64000, T540, T600, V2000, V2200, V2250, V2500, V2600
+    L2000, L3000, N4000, R380, R390, RP2400, RP2405, RP2430, RP2450,
+    RP2470, RP5400, RP5405, RP5430, RP5450, RP5470, RP7400, RP7405,
+    RP7410, RP8400, SD16000, SD32000, SD64000, T540, T600, V2000, V2200,
+    V2250, V2500, V2600
 
 Just before HP took over Compaq, some systems were renamed. Visit
 http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/server_names.html to see what
 the changes are, or will be.
 
     HP 9000 A-Class servers, now renamed HP Server rp2400 series.
-    HP 9000 N-Class servers, now renamed HP Server rp7400.
     HP 9000 L-Class servers, now renamed HP Server rp5400 series.
+    HP 9000 N-Class servers, now renamed HP Server rp7400.
 
 =head2 Itanium
 
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ To create a shared library, the following steps must be performed:
     1. Compile source modules with +z or +Z flag to create a .o module
        which contains Position-Independent Code (PIC).  The linker will
        tell you in the next step if +Z was needed.
+       (For gcc, the appropriate flag is -fpic or -fPIC.)
 
     2. Link the shared library using the -b flag.  If the code calls
        any functions in other system libraries (e.g., libm), it must
@@ -237,7 +239,8 @@ run into an error like "invalid loader fixup" during load phase.
 HP is aware of this problem.  Search the HP-UX cxx-dev forums for
 discussions about the subject.  The short answer is that B<everything>
 (all libraries, everything) must be compiled with C<+z> or C<+Z> to be
-PIC (position independent code).  In HP-UX 11.00 or newer the linker
+PIC (position independent code).  (For gcc, that would be
+C<-fpic> or C<-fPIC>).  In HP-UX 11.00 or newer the linker
 error message should tell the name of the offending object file.
 
 A more general approach is to intervene manually, as with an example for
@@ -297,6 +300,12 @@ the second is http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/ where you can also
 find the GNU binutils package. (Browse through the list, because there
 are often multiple versions of the same package available).
 
+Above mentioned distributions are depots. H.Merijn Brand has made prebuilt
+gcc binaries available on https://www.beepz.com/personal/merijn/ for
+HP-UX 10.20 and HP-UX 11.00 in both 32- and 64-bit versions. These are
+bzipped tar archives that also include recent GNU binutils and GNU gdb.
+Read the instructions on that page to rebuild gcc using itself.
+
 Building a 64bit capable gcc from source is possible only when you have
 the HP C-ANSI C compiler available, which you should use anyway when
 building perl.
@@ -515,6 +524,6 @@ With much assistance regarding shared libraries from Marc Sabatella.
 
 =head1 DATE
 
-Version 0.6.6: 2002-05-30
+Version 0.6.7: 2002-09-05
 
 =cut