From: Richard Levitte Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 20:48:04 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Document how the configuration option 'reconf' works X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_1_1_1-pre1~355 X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e7a206694451be19432d079691610994473f53b7;hp=99aeeecb9f59ab6d6cdb13ed07a30c11e89a32e7;ds=sidebyside Document how the configuration option 'reconf' works Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4818) --- diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 9ef09f22fb..558381770b 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -540,6 +540,22 @@ the corresponding value in the inherited environment, if there is one. + reconf + reconfigure + Reconfigure from earlier data. This fetches the previous + command line options and environment from data saved in + "configdata.pm", and runs the configuration process again, + using these options and environment. + Note: NO other option is permitted together with "reconf". + This means that you also MUST use "./Configure" (or + what corresponds to that on non-Unix platforms) directly + to invoke this option. + Note: The original configuration saves away values for ALL + environment variables that were used, and if they weren't + defined, they are still saved away with information that + they weren't originally defined. This information takes + precedence over environment variables that are defined + when reconfiguring. Installation in Detail ----------------------