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index 3bab5a02c4..1f88467d1b 100644
--- a/src/expat/README
+++ b/src/expat/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-                        Expat, Release 1.95.6
+                        Expat, Release 2.1.0
 
 This is Expat, a C library for parsing XML, written by James Clark.
 Expat is a stream-oriented XML parser.  This means that you register
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ document being parsed.  A start tag is an example of the kind of
 structures for which you may register handlers.
 
 Windows users should use the expat_win32bin package, which includes
-both precompiled libraries and executalbes, and source code for
+both precompiled libraries and executables, and source code for
 developers.
 
 Expat is free software.  You may copy, distribute, and modify it under
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ intended to be production grade software.
 If you are building Expat from a check-out from the CVS repository,
 you need to run a script that generates the configure script using the
 GNU autoconf and libtool tools.  To do this, you need to have
-autoconf 2.52 or newer and libtool 1.4 or newer.  Run the script like
-this:
+autoconf 2.58 or newer. Run the script like this:
 
         ./buildconf.sh
 
@@ -48,15 +47,25 @@ into /home/me/mystuff/lib, /home/me/mystuff/include, and
 /home/me/mystuff/bin, you can tell configure about that with:
 
         ./configure --prefix=/home/me/mystuff
+        
+Another interesting option is to enable 64-bit integer support for
+line and column numbers and the over-all byte index:
+
+        ./configure CPPFLAGS=-DXML_LARGE_SIZE
+        
+However, such a modification would be a breaking change to the ABI
+and is therefore not recommended for general use - e.g. as part of
+a Linux distribution - but rather for builds with special requirements.
 
 After running the configure script, the "make" command will build
 things and "make install" will install things into their proper
-location.  Note that you need to have write permission into the
-directories into which things will be installed.
+location.  Have a look at the "Makefile" to learn about additional
+"make" options.  Note that you need to have write permission into
+the directories into which things will be installed.
 
 If you are interested in building Expat to provide document
-information in UTF-16 rather than the default UTF-8, following these
-instructions:
+information in UTF-16 encoding rather than the default UTF-8, follow
+these instructions (after having run "make distclean"):
 
         1. For UTF-16 output as unsigned short (and version/error
            strings as char), run:
@@ -80,8 +89,26 @@ instructions:
            (Note the additional "w" in the library name.)
 
         3. Run "make buildlib" (which builds the library only).
+           Or, to save step 2, run "make buildlib LIBRARY=libexpatw.la".
 
         4. Run "make installlib" (which installs the library only).
+           Or, if step 2 was omitted, run "make installlib LIBRARY=libexpatw.la".
+           
+Using DESTDIR or INSTALL_ROOT is enabled, with INSTALL_ROOT being the default
+value for DESTDIR, and the rest of the make file using only DESTDIR.
+It works as follows:
+   $ make install DESTDIR=/path/to/image
+overrides the in-makefile set DESTDIR, while both
+   $ INSTALL_ROOT=/path/to/image make install
+   $ make install INSTALL_ROOT=/path/to/image
+use DESTDIR=$(INSTALL_ROOT), even if DESTDIR eventually is defined in the
+environment, because variable-setting priority is
+1) commandline
+2) in-makefile
+3) environment  
+
+Note: This only applies to the Expat library itself, building UTF-16 versions
+of xmlwf and the tests is currently not supported.         
 
 Note for Solaris users:  The "ar" command is usually located in
 "/usr/ccs/bin", which is not in the default PATH.  You will need to
@@ -109,4 +136,4 @@ Discussion related to the direction of future expat development takes
 place on expat-discuss@mail.libexpat.org.  Archives of this list and
 other Expat-related lists may be found at:
 
-        http://mail.libexpat.org/mailman-21/listinfo/
+        http://mail.libexpat.org/mailman/listinfo/