Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] INSTALL: Describe dependency knobs from Makefile

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Brian Gernhardt <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> We said that some of our dependencies were optional, but didn't say
> how to turn them off.  Add information for that and mention where to
> save the options close to the top of the file.
>
> Also, standardize on both using quotes for the names of the dependencies
> and tabs for indentation of the list.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
>   Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   > I did not like calling "make variables" "options", and also it was unclear
>   > what good these "options" are for.  How about...
>
>  Sounds good.  Would have sent this out yesterday, but I ran out of tuits.
>
>  INSTALL |   38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
> index 7ab2580..69c97b2 100644
> --- a/INSTALL
> +++ b/INSTALL
> @@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ that uses $prefix, the built results have some paths encoded,
>  which are derived from $prefix, so "make all; make prefix=/usr
>  install" would not work.
>  
> +There are many options that can be configured in the makefile using either
> +command line defines or a config.mak file.  These options are documented at
> +the beginning of the Makefile.

Sorry, but the description still speaks of options and does not say what
good they are.  Sent a wrong patch?

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