Try again to create a HACKING link in README.md.

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@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ From source
 
             apt-get install python2.6-dev python-fuse
             apt-get install python-pyxattr python-pylibacl
+            apt-get install linux-libc-dev
 
    Substitute python2.5-dev or python2.4-dev if you have an older
    system.  Alternately, on newer Debian/Ubuntu versions, you can try
@@ -113,6 +114,9 @@ From source
             yum install fuse-python pyxattr pylibacl
             yum install perl-Time-HiRes
 
+   In addition to the default CentOS repositories, you may need to add
+   RPMForge (for fuse-python) and EPEL (for pyxattr and pylibacl).
+
  - Build the python module and symlinks:
 
         make
@@ -124,6 +128,15 @@ From source
     (The tests should pass.  If they don't pass for you, stop here and send
     me an email.)
 
+ - You can install bup via "make install", and override the default
+   destination with DESTDIR and PREFIX.
+
+   Files are normally installed to "$DESTDIR/$PREFIX" where DESTDIR is
+   empty by default, and PREFIX is set to /usr.  So if you wanted to
+   install bup to /opt/bup, you might do something like this:
+
+        make install DESTDIR=/opt/bup PREFIX=''
+
 
 From binary packages
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@@ -402,6 +415,11 @@ and you can subscribe by sending a message to:
 
        bup-list+subscribe@googlegroups.com
 
+Please see <a href="bup/blob/master/HACKING">./HACKING</a> for
+additional information, i.e. how to submit patches (hint - no pull
+requests), how we handle branches, etc.
+
+
 Have fun,
 
 Avery