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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. |