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authorgiraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8>2010-02-17 03:35:50 +0000
committergiraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8>2010-02-17 03:35:50 +0000
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Clarify pointlessness of merge build
git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/trunk@1127 9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8
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@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ 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.
 
 In the standard build, hundreds of separate programs get built: ppmtogif,
 pamcomp, etc.