Commit a3cb4cfc authored by Richard Levitte's avatar Richard Levitte
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INSTALL: clarify a bit more how Configure treats "unknown" options 



Reviewed-by: default avatarRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3468)
parent 4861933a

INSTALL

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                   "ripemd" algorithm is deprecated and if used is synonymous

                   with rmd160.



  -Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -mXXX, -Kxxx

                   These system specific options will be passed through to the

                   compiler to allow you to define preprocessor symbols, specify

                   additional libraries, library directories or other compiler

                   options. It might be worth noting that some compilers

                   generate code specifically for processor the compiler

                   currently executes on. This is not necessarily what you might

                   have in mind, since it might be unsuitable for execution on

                   other, typically older, processor. Consult your compiler

                   documentation.

  -Dxxx, lxxx, -Lxxx, -Wl, -rpath, -R, -framework, -static

                   These system specific options will be recocognised and

                   passed through to the compiler to allow you to define

                   preprocessor symbols, specify additional libraries, library

                   directories or other compiler options. It might be worth

                   noting that some compilers generate code specifically for

                   processor the compiler currently executes on. This is not

                   necessarily what you might have in mind, since it might be

                   unsuitable for execution on other, typically older,

                   processor. Consult your compiler documentation.



  -xxx, +xxx

                   Additional options that are not otherwise recognised are

                   passed through as they are to the compiler as well.  Again,

                   consult your compiler documentation.





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