Nevertheless, it's probably best to edit and save the Makefiles to
  record the changes you've made.

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  On the other hand, if you need to customize some Lua features,
  edit <TT>src/luaconf.h</TT> before building and installing Lua.
  The edited file will be the one installed, and
  it will be used by any Lua clients that you build, to ensure consistency.
  Further customization is available to experts by editing the Lua sources.

<H3><A NAME="other">Building Lua on other systems</A></H3>
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  If you'r