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[PATCH] Document config.mak in INSTALL.

From
Jason Riedy <ejr@eecs.berkeley.edu>
Date
Dec 5, 2005, 18:38 UTC
Message-ID
<20348.1133807910@lotus.CS.Berkeley.EDU>

The existing config.mak should satisfy almost everyone... You can change the prefix and other vars catch the new setting anyways. I had forgotten that ?= acts as = (lazy value binding) and as not := (immediate value binding).

Signed-off-by: E. Jason Riedy <ejr@cs.berkeley.edu>
---
 INSTALL |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
f03c45f49ffff74df1699444612ff7b3a75bd653
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 63ccf62..916ddd4 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -87,3 +87,6 @@ Issues of note:
    have all the libraries/tools needed, or you may have
    necessary libraries at unusual locations.  Please look at the
    top of the Makefile to see what can be adjusted for your needs.
+   You can place local settings in config.mak and the Makefile
+   will include them.  Note that config.mak is not distributed;
+   the name is reserved for local settings.
-- 
0.99.9.GIT
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  1. Document config.mak in INSTALL.Jason Riedy, Dec 5, 2005

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