Improve INSTALL for Haiku.

* doc/install.texi (Particular Systems): Add a recommendation
which prefix to use on Haiku.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-12-22  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       Improve INSTALL for Haiku.
+       * doc/install.texi (Particular Systems): Add a recommendation
+       which prefix to use on Haiku.
+
 2008-12-19  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
 
        Fix typo in previous commit.

diff --git a/doc/install.texi b/doc/install.texi
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--- a/doc/install.texi
+++ b/doc/install.texi
@@ -215,6 +215,13 @@ directory contains several dysfunctional programs; working variants
 of these programs are available in @code{/usr/bin}.  So, if you need
 @code{/usr/ucb} in your @env{PATH}, put it @emph{after} @code{/usr/bin}.
 
+On Haiku, software installed for all users goes in @file{/boot/common},
+not @file{/usr/local}.  It is recommended to use the following options:
+
+@example
+./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+@end example
+
 @node System Type
 @section Specifying the System Type