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authorJason Riedy <ejr@EECS.Berkeley.EDU>2005-12-05 10:38:30 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-12-05 13:19:39 -0800
commitcd8c4589473d2a6669cf882ebcd708a2d81e9168 (patch)
tree5179a805f120270960a156c3ef61f4eb947765cf /INSTALL
parent53e7181cd9927a8a194f4770c597744d96a113a2 (diff)
downloadgit-cd8c4589473d2a6669cf882ebcd708a2d81e9168.tar.gz
[PATCH] Document config.mak in INSTALL.
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> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -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.