# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 850203704 0
# Node ID c6385e7b5e8f2e5eb0745eaeb611e8e8d37d3b0b
# Parent  6eb163dafaca9f6c7be289ffb22ce7b1f2473af5
[project @ 1996-12-10 07:41:44 by jwe]

diff --git a/README b/README
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
 
-Last updated: Tue Dec 10 00:20:31 1996
+Last updated: Tue Dec 10 01:41:30 1996
 
 Overview
 --------
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@
 
 The library of C++ classes may also be useful by itself.
 
+Additional Information
+----------------------
+
+Up to date information about Octave is available on the WWW at the
+URL http://bevo.che.wisc.edu/octave, including archives of the
+help-octave, bug-octave, and octave-sources mailing lists.
+
 --
 John W. Eaton
 jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu
diff --git a/octMakefile.in b/octMakefile.in
--- a/octMakefile.in
+++ b/octMakefile.in
@@ -199,7 +199,20 @@
 	$(MAKE) clean-tar
 .PHONY: clean-bin-dist-tar
 
-binary-dist: clean-bin-dist-tar
+# binary-dist: clean-bin-dist-tar
+binary-dist:
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "**********************************************************"
+	@echo "*                                                        *"
+	@echo "* The binary-dist target doesn't work for this version   *"
+	@echo "* of Octave.                                             *"
+	@echo "*                                                        *"
+	@echo "* If you are interested in making a binary distribution  *"
+	@echo "* of this version of Octave, please contact              *"
+	@echo "* bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu.                          *"
+	@echo "*                                                        *"
+	@echo "**********************************************************"
+	@echo ""
 .PHONY: binary-dist
 
 # Rules for making a distribution of the docs.