Index: INSTALL
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--- INSTALL	(revision ae63a185a34928dad284a49a9cd4c4d0d7655bb2)
+++ INSTALL	(revision 876250159f023462ffce82831e737d96c1293c2c)
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@
   cfa-cc components.  Some components will be installed in /some/directory/bin,
   others in /some/directory/lib.  If unspecified, this defaults to /usr/local.
+  If you wish to use (a subdirectory of) your home directory, ${HOME}/some/dir 
+  works, but it is important not to put quotes around the directory path; 
+  Cforall may appear to build, but the installed version may not work properly.
 
 --with-backend-compiler=PROGRAM specifies the installed path of gcc.  It
