different versions of the same binary package.
A relocatable program can be moved or copied to a different location
-on the filesystem. It is possible to make symlinks to the installed
+on the file system. It is possible to make symlinks to the installed
and moved programs, and invoke them through the symlink. It is
possible to do the same thing with a hard link @emph{only} if the hard
link file is in the same directory as the real program.
@end example
@item
-You may also need to add one or two variable assignments to your
+You may also need to add a couple of variable assignments to your
@file{configure.ac}.
If your package (or any package you rely on, e.g.@: gettext-runtime)
RELOCATABLE_CONFIG_H_DIR='$(top_builddir)/src'
@end example
@end enumerate
+
+Set @var{RELOCATABLE_STRIP} to @code{:}. This is needed so that
+@samp{make install} installs executables without stripping them.