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<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>Change the default installation directory for Gzip so it will
-be installed in the <filename class="directory">/bin</filename>
-directory:</para>
+<para>The gzexe program has the location of the gzip binary hardcoded into
+it. Because we later change the location of this binary, the following
+command will place the new location into the gzexe binary.</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cp gzexe.in{,.backup}
sed 's%"BINDIR"%/bin%' gzexe.in.backup &gt; gzexe.in</userinput></screen></para>