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authorNick Child <nick.child@ibm.com>2021-08-25 15:13:07 -0400
committerNick Child <nick.child@ibm.com>2021-08-26 13:19:15 -0400
commit77bb6cade69bc759dc186971d0e4462109abfc4f (patch)
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INSTALL.md: Update documentation on building static library [skip ci]
As of commit a88eb79d88c53531c49d7cedfce2207f36ac8a9d, building a static archive (libgnutls.a) is off by default. This commit updates the documentation for building a static library in INSTALL.md . Signed-off-by: Nick Child <nick.child@ibm.com>
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diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
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@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ by running './configure --help'.
sudo make install
```
-The commands above build and install the static archive (libgnutls.a),
-the shared object (libgnutls.so), and additional binaries such as certtool
-and gnutls-cli.
+The commands above build and install the shared object (libgnutls.so),
+and additional binaries such as certtool and gnutls-cli. To build the
+static archive (libgnutls.a), add --enable-static to the `./configure`
+command.
The library depends on libnettle and gmplib.
* gmplib: for big number arithmetic, https://gmplib.org/