X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=Configurations%2FREADME;h=10463aadeef0a3d53c7d2dfe74dbd763bea3f9dd;hp=6ae981f9aaa6c5aa77ee37c04f7f551438cef69e;hb=7f73eafe2f5014ce1f915702c19ee7274e6b8c2d;hpb=aa343982d2a2449633382a3ba032871949c788b4

diff --git a/Configurations/README b/Configurations/README
index 6ae981f9aa..10463aadee 100644
--- a/Configurations/README
+++ b/Configurations/README
@@ -169,7 +169,14 @@ In each table entry, the following keys are significant:
                            assembler files used when compiling with
                            assembler implementations.
         shared_target   => The shared library building method used.
-                           This is a target found in Makefile.shared.
+                           This serves multiple purposes:
+                           - as index for targets found in shared_info.pl.
+                           - as linker script generation selector.
+                           To serve both purposes, the index for shared_info.pl
+                           should end with '-shared', and this suffix will be
+                           removed for use as a linker script generation
+                           selector.  Note that the latter is only used if
+                           'shared_defflag' is defined.
         build_scheme    => The scheme used to build up a Makefile.
                            In its simplest form, the value is a string
                            with the name of the build scheme.
@@ -233,7 +240,7 @@ In each table entry, the following keys are significant:
                            apps, as needed by the target.  This code
                            cannot be placed in a library, as the rest
                            of the code isn't expected to link to it
-                           explicitely.
+                           explicitly.
         cpuid_asm_src   => assembler implementation of cpuid code as
                            well as OPENSSL_cleanse().
                            Default to mem_clr.c
@@ -393,7 +400,13 @@ $sourcedir and $builddir, which are the locations of the source
 directory for the current build.info file and the corresponding build
 directory, all relative to the top of the build tree.
 
-To begin with, things to be built are declared by setting specific
+'Configure' only knows inherently about the top build.info file.  For
+any other directory that has one, further directories to look into
+must be indicated like this:
+
+    SUBDIRS=something someelse
+
+On to things to be built; they are declared by setting specific
 variables:
 
     PROGRAMS=foo bar
@@ -460,6 +473,10 @@ include paths the build of their source files should use:
 
     INCLUDE[foo]=include
 
+It's also possible to specify C macros that should be defined:
+
+    DEFINE[foo]=FOO BAR=1
+
 In some cases, one might want to generate some source files from
 others, that's done as follows: