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| author | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> | 2023-03-11 14:30:49 +0100 |
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| committer | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> | 2023-03-11 14:32:36 +0100 |
| commit | 67950cc67d83c1d8c1f70ae1c68669e117ab10ef (patch) | |
| tree | ced5fda6655438801239cdc9f1f9d43766affc04 /INSTALL | |
| parent | 99c4cae5f74bba5b682ac6a2cce982a750e95542 (diff) | |
INSTALL, Makefile: Document available variables.
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 22 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions
@@ -38,22 +38,20 @@ Description A few features can be used to tweak the install: - Directory Variables - To check about all of the directory variables available, compare the - GNU Coding Standards with the Makefile and the helper makefiles (see - the sections "Standards" and "Files" below). The most common ones that - you may use are: + Variables + There are many variables available with which you can tweak the + build system. Most of them are directory variables and command + variables, based on the GNU Coding Standards. Others are + specially designed for this project. To see all of the available + variables, use: + + $ make help-variables + + The most common ones that you may use are: - DESTDIR - prefix - Command Variables - Some commands use flags. A command named 'command' will have a - variable COMMAND to specify an alternative command name. To append - flags to the default ones, set the variable EXTRA_COMMANDFLAGS. To - overwrite the flags, set the variable COMMANDFLAGS. - - Verbose Use V=1 for a more verbose output from the makefiles: $ sudo make install V=1 |