fix #>&- syntax for closing fds

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@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ What is busybox:
 
   BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
   small executable.  It provides minimalist replacements for most of the
-  utilities you usually find in bzip2, coreutils, e2fsprogs, file, findutils,
-  gawk, grep, inetutils, less, modutils, net-tools, procps, sed, shadow,
-  sysklogd, sysvinit, tar, util-linux, and vim.  The utilities in BusyBox
-  often have fewer options than their full-featured cousins; however, the
-  options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave
-  very much like their larger counterparts.
+  utilities you usually find in bzip2, coreutils, dhcp, diffutils, e2fsprogs,
+  file, findutils, gawk, grep, inetutils, less, modutils, net-tools, procps,
+  sed, shadow, sysklogd, sysvinit, tar, util-linux, and vim.  The utilities
+  in BusyBox often have fewer options than their full-featured cousins;
+  however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality
+  and behave very much like their larger counterparts.
 
   BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in
   mind, both to produce small binaries and to reduce run-time memory usage.
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ Using busybox:
 
   The build automatically generates a file "busybox.links", which is used by
   'make install' to create symlinks to the BusyBox binary for all compiled in
-  commands.  This uses the PREFIX environment variable to specify where to
-  install, and installs hardlinks or symlinks depending on the configuration
-  preferences.  (You can also manually run the install script at
-  "applets/install.sh").
+  commands.  This uses the CONFIG_PREFIX environment variable to specify
+  where to install, and installs hardlinks or symlinks depending
+  on the configuration preferences.  (You can also manually run
+  the install script at "applets/install.sh").
 
 ----------------
 
@@ -78,10 +78,13 @@ Downloading the current source code:
     http://busybox.net/developer.html
 
   The developers also have a bug and patch tracking system
-  (http://bugs.busybox.net) although posting a bug/patch to the mailing list
+  (https://bugs.busybox.net) although posting a bug/patch to the mailing list
   is generally a faster way of getting it fixed, and the complete archive of
   what happened is the subversion changelog.
 
+  Note: if you want to compile busybox in a busybox environment you must
+  select ENABLE_DESKTOP.
+
 ----------------
 
 getting help:
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ bugs:
        illegal instruction
 
     i am using debian unstable, kernel version 2.4.25-vrs2 on a netwinder,
-    and the latest uclibc from cvs.  thanks for the wonderful program!
+    and the latest uclibc from cvs.
 
        -diligent
 
@@ -170,10 +173,8 @@ Portability:
   you're into that sort of thing, start small (selecting just a few applets)
   and work your way up.
 
-  Shaun Jackman has recently (2005) ported busybox to a combination of newlib
-  and libgloss, and some of his patches have been integrated.  This platform
-  may join glibc/uclibc and Linux as a supported combination with the 1.1
-  release, but is not supported in 1.0.
+  In 2005 Shaun Jackman has ported busybox to a combination of newlib
+  and libgloss, and some of his patches have been integrated.
 
 Supported hardware:
 
@@ -194,5 +195,5 @@ Supported hardware:
 
 Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to the busybox
 maintainer:
-       Rob Landley
-       <rob@landley.net>
+       Denys Vlasenko
+        <vda.linux@googlemail.com>