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-.. highlightlang:: none
+.. highlightlang:: sh
.. _using-on-unix:
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ On FreeBSD and OpenBSD
On OpenSolaris
--------------
-To install the newest Python versions on OpenSolaris, install blastwave
-(http://www.blastwave.org/howto.html) and type "pkg_get -i python" at the
+To install the newest Python versions on OpenSolaris, install `blastwave
+<http://www.blastwave.org/howto.html>`_ and type ``pkg_get -i python`` at the
prompt.
@@ -65,17 +65,18 @@ Building Python
If you want to compile CPython yourself, first thing you should do is get the
`source <http://python.org/download/source/>`_. You can download either the
-latest release's source or just grab a fresh `checkout
-<http://www.python.org/dev/faq/#how-do-i-get-a-checkout-of-the-repository-read-only-and-read-write>`_.
+latest release's source or just grab a fresh `clone
+<http://docs.python.org/devguide/setup#getting-the-source-code>`_. (If you want
+to contribute patches, you will need a clone.)
-The build process consists the usual ::
+The build process consists in the usual ::
./configure
make
make install
invocations. Configuration options and caveats for specific Unix platforms are
-extensively documented in the :file:`README` file in the root of the Python
+extensively documented in the :source:`README` file in the root of the Python
source tree.
.. warning::