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diff --git a/Build/source/extra/xz/windows/INSTALL-Windows.txt b/Build/source/extra/xz/windows/INSTALL-Windows.txt
index b5ac9630b77..5515708fa77 100644
--- a/Build/source/extra/xz/windows/INSTALL-Windows.txt
+++ b/Build/source/extra/xz/windows/INSTALL-Windows.txt
@@ -118,14 +118,23 @@ Building XZ Utils
cd /c/devel
tar xzf xz-5.x.x.tar.gz
cd xz-5.x.x
- sh windows/build.sh
+ bash windows/build.bash
If you used some other directory than C:\devel\tools for the build
- tools, edit the variables near the beginning of build.sh first.
+ tools, edit the variables near the beginning of build.bash first.
If you want to build manually, read the buildit() function in
- build.sh. Look especially at the latter configure invocation.
+ build.bash. Look especially at the latter configure invocation.
Be patient. Running configure and other scripts used by the build
system is (very) slow under Windows.
+
+Using a snapshot from the Git repository
+
+ To use a snapshot, the build system files need to be generated with
+ autogen.sh or "autoreconf -fi" before trying to build using the the
+ above build instructions. You can install the relevant extra packages
+ from MinGW or use Cygwin or use e.g. a GNU/Linux system to create a
+ source package with the required build system files.
+