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@@ -132,7 +132,31 @@ Configure supports a number of useful options. Run Configure -h -to get a listing. See the F<Porting/Glossary> file for a complete list of +to get a listing. + +Many Configure switches are expressed as C<key=value> pairs, for example: + + -Dcc=clang + +Sometimes the value to be supplied for a switch is a string which contains +spaces. In that case, the value needs to be quoted so as to delimit that +"shell word" from any following switch. Example: + + sh ./Configure -des \ + -Doptimize="-O2 -pipe -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing" \ + -Dusedevel + +Once Configure has run, you will be able to access configuration data via +entries in the file F<config.sh>. + + config_arg0='./Configure' + config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -pipe -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -Dusedevel' + config_argc=3 + config_arg1='-des' + config_arg2='-Doptimize=-O2 -pipe -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing' + config_arg3='-Dusedevel' + +See the F<Porting/Glossary> file for a complete list of Configure variables you can set and their definitions. =over 4 |