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author | giraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8> | 2010-02-17 03:35:50 +0000 |
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committer | giraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8> | 2010-02-17 03:35:50 +0000 |
commit | 7f08679de7a571feb0561978872f162f1af3b7c1 (patch) | |
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Clarify pointlessness of merge build
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diff --git a/doc/INSTALL b/doc/INSTALL index 92e78540..ec2cfbed 100644 --- a/doc/INSTALL +++ b/doc/INSTALL @@ -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. |