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-Other than Abuild files, these files are the only changes from
-pristine extracted sources. For pcre, use pcre 4.5. For zlib, we
-used 1.2.3.3 from debian (dfsg). These files:
+NOTE: These copies of external libraries are not used by default. You
+must explicitly specific --enable-build-external-libraries on the
+command-line in order to use them. This is not recommended unless you
+have no other option. It can be especially useful for building on
+Windows.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The pcre and zlib directories here contain pcre 4.5 and zlib 1.2.3.3
+from debian (dfsg). All files were removed that are not either
+required to build or that contain some kind of copyright or
+acknowledgment information. Other than as described below, everything
+else was left unmodified.
+
+These files:
./pcre/pcre.h
./pcre/config.h