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@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ Most examples should build fine using a command line like this:
$ `curl-config --cc --cflags --libs` -o example example.c
+Some compilers don't like having the arguments in this order but instead
+want you do reorganize them like:
+
+ $ `curl-config --cc` -o example example.c `curl-config --cflags --libs`
+
*PLEASE* do not use the curl.haxx.se site as a test target for your libcurl
applications/experiments. Even if the examples in this directory use that site
as an example URL at some places, it doesn't mean that the URLs work or that