From b1ff30a420b35b4e53ca1fb9f64c14aa6b9034d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Slack Coder <slackcoder@server.ky>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 13:35:32 -0500
Subject: README: Fix installation instructions

---
 README.md                        | 11 ++++++++++-
 internal/slackware_com/mirror.go |  9 ---------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b3f192..5176f95 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ Follow Golang's standard process for installing.  It will install the command
 into the location pointed to by the GOBIN environment variable or its default
 value.
 
+On Slackware , you want to install programs from third parties under
+the '/usr/local' location.
+
+As root:
+
 ```
-go install ./cmd/slackware.com
+GOBIN=/usr/local/bin \
+    go install -tags=netcgo ./cmd/slackware.com
 ```
+
+'-tags=netcgo' makes DNS resolution much more reliable by using the
+systems native DNS resolver.
diff --git a/internal/slackware_com/mirror.go b/internal/slackware_com/mirror.go
index f3bb4a8..bc1549e 100644
--- a/internal/slackware_com/mirror.go
+++ b/internal/slackware_com/mirror.go
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ package slackware_com
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"hash"
 	"io"
-	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"path"
@@ -22,13 +20,6 @@ type Mirror struct {
 }
 
 func OpenMirror(mirrorURL *url.URL) (*Mirror, error) {
-	var zeroDialer net.Dialer
-	transport := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone()
-	transport.DialContext = func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
-		return zeroDialer.DialContext(ctx, "tcp4", addr)
-	}
-	http.DefaultClient.Transport = transport
-
 	mirror := Mirror{
 		client: http.DefaultClient,
 		url:    mirrorURL,
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