From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] INSTALL: Describe dependency knobs from Makefile Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:16:08 -0700 Message-ID: <7vpra0hcd3.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <1252461061-75840-1-git-send-email-brian@gernhardtsoftware.com> <1252461061-75840-4-git-send-email-brian@gernhardtsoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Git List To: Brian Gernhardt X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Sep 09 08:16:23 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MlGTf-000184-3v for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:16:23 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751873AbZIIGQN (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:16:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751787AbZIIGQM (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:16:12 -0400 Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.25]:63060 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751514AbZIIGQM (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:16:12 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C54332B43E; Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:16:14 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=tjDQ4HMyzQVOfb3q4vadYccfzwE=; b=hSK8ec CGhBy1AhT2rlxdF3rPf4ptzu6LZijnIbHusE8c9pe0cB3Am3RsK0Qhv1r+rg6BBe +MATo//JgkK6Qvv+CZLc1gmSX9GkiHR+iaQgZ7T6rqKNqbQoyy/0j/oZBYwr/KQz ZZOC9BRYPl+f+mRKG7cxNrWdi0Dh+w+2ozahk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=Rakg9Y4nAoV0VE+FQp+kr2JdejKzXdQ9 C0nGbq6nQxueavTIC6MxmFJPgNXrzevxwZUpEogiMA8b5+MziVc89Nq8j3A0ppfd zlcQMT9tSyF8OAPicrbtz+s/fjro09cOAVkjfJWgnV6cobxRtyUZ5QvXxgbVhxY+ VTT7c/AhzCg= Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix. (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A86282B43C; Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:16:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [68.225.240.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BE2FD2B43B; Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:16:09 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <1252461061-75840-4-git-send-email-brian@gernhardtsoftware.com> (Brian Gernhardt's message of "Tue\, 8 Sep 2009 21\:51\:01 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 45F467CE-9D08-11DE-A6F3-A13518FFA523-77302942!a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Brian Gernhardt writes: > +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. > + I did not like calling "make variables" "options", and also it was unclear what good these "options" are for. How about... The beginning of the Makefile documents many variables that affect the way git is built. You can override them either from the command line, or in a config.mak file.