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authorRob Landley <rob@landley.net>2015-10-28 21:41:45 -0500
committerRob Landley <rob@landley.net>2015-10-28 21:41:45 -0500
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Tweak build instructions in README/code.html.
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@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ controls which features are included when compiling toybox.</p>
either isn't complete or is a special-purpose option (such as debugging
code) that isn't intended for general purpose use.</p>
+<p>For a more compact human-editable version .config files, you can use the
+<a href=http://landley.net/aboriginal/FAQ.html#dev_miniconfig>miniconfig</a>
+format.</p>
+
<p>The standard build invocation is:</p>
<ul>
@@ -47,8 +51,9 @@ accepts existing definitions of the environment variables, so it may be sourced
or modified by the developer before building and the definitions exported
to the environment will take precedence.</p>
-<p>(To clarify: "configure" describes the build and installation environment,
-".config" lists the features selected by defconfig/menuconfig.)</p>
+<p>(To clarify: ".config" lists the features selected by defconfig/menuconfig,
+I.E. "what to build", and "configure" describes the build and installation
+environment, I.E. "how to build it".)</p>
<p><h1><a name="running"><a href="#running">Running a command</a></h1></p>