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| author | giraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8> | 2010-02-23 15:53:59 +0000 |
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| committer | giraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8> | 2010-02-23 15:53:59 +0000 |
| commit | 31bc465ed7c22db3ff44e5ca942711f458f46178 (patch) | |
| tree | 3cae063eae222d3f5ef46af7524ba01deb272d05 | |
| parent | 7f08679de7a571feb0561978872f162f1af3b7c1 (diff) | |
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Improve explanation of merge build
git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/trunk@1128 9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8
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diff --git a/doc/INSTALL b/doc/INSTALL index ec2cfbed..9412b296 100644 --- a/doc/INSTALL +++ b/doc/INSTALL @@ -259,10 +259,11 @@ and which one is default is controlled by the DEFAULT_TARGET make variable in config.mk, and its value is one of the choices you make via the Configure dialog. -The standard build is the conventional one. The merge build is a way -to reduce disk space and other resource usage in some configurations. -These are rare configurations, mostly antique ones. The advent of -shared libraries largely obsoleted the merge build. +The standard build is the conventional one. The merge build is a way to +reduce disk space and other resource usage in some configurations. These are +rare configurations, mostly antique ones. The advent of shared libraries +largely obsoleted the merge build. In some configurations, Netpbm uses _more_ +resources with the merge build. In the standard build, hundreds of separate programs get built: ppmtogif, pamcomp, etc. |