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diff --git a/MACHINES b/MACHINES
index 69b0c7d..519a623 100644
--- a/MACHINES
+++ b/MACHINES
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ run the configure script under the shell `bash'
 bash configure
 
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+Mac OS X/Rhapsody 5:
+
+Version 5.3 at least has the same sh/bash bug as the *BSD systems
+above. This appears to be fixed in 5.5.
+
+Will not compile correctly unless you configure with the --enable-nmh-debug
+option. It appears to find conflicts in the headers only when debugging
+is disabled. With debugging enabled, it compiles and runs happily.
+
+--------------------------------------
 
 HPUX:
 
@@ -54,14 +64,17 @@ LIBOBJS line.  Then run "make" as normal.
 
 Linux:
 
+*** No longer necessary ***
 Make sure you uncomment the Linux section in the config.h file after
-running configure.
+running configure. 
 
+*** This test has been updated and should work now ***
 The configuration script does a test to discover the functions
 sigsetjmp/siglongjmp.  Since they are macros on Linux, the configuration
 process doesn't find them.  After running configure, you should change
-the line in config.h to define HAVE_SIGSETJMP.
+the line in config.h to define HAVE_SIGSETJMP. 
 
+*** This test has been updated and should work now ***
 For some Linux distributions, the configure script doesn't find the
 ndbm/gdbm library (dbm_open, dbm_close).  In this case, you should try to
 configure nmh like this:
@@ -78,6 +91,7 @@ vi clone such as nvi or elvis.
 
 SCO:
 
+*** currently handled by config.guess ***
 Make sure you uncomment the SCO section in the config.h file after
 running configure.
 
@@ -85,13 +99,25 @@ running configure.
 
 Solaris:
 
-Builds ok.
+With --enable-nmh-debug you'll see a lot of warnings. This is even
+worse when compiling using the Sun Workshop compiler since it issues a
+warning for every instance of a problem instead of summarizing them.
+The main one concerns arrays with an index of type char. This is ok.
+The array itself is a hash of chars, so the array size and the type
+match. There isn't another safe and portable way to do this at the
+moment. An explicit cast would get rid of the warnings, but I think
+it's better to leave it complaining for now until we come up with
+a better solution. The whole thing is probablly going to be chucked
+with UTC-8 support anyway.
+
+Other than the warnings, it builds ok.
 
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-SunOS 4.1.3:
+SunOS 4.1.1/4.1.3/4.1.4:
 
-You can't use the C compiler that comes with SunOS 4.1.3 since
-it isn't ANSI C.  But nmh builds just fine with gcc.
+You can't use the C compiler that comes with SunOS 4 since
+it isn't ANSI C.  But nmh builds just fine with gcc. With
+--enable-nmh-debug you will see a lot of warnings. 
 
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