From: Enji Cooper Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:43:29 +0000 (-0700) Subject: INSTALL.md: document `--manpage-format` changes X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1512b307326d33d12c522c18d64dd92eb4d0e4a4;p=thirdparty%2Fopenssl.git INSTALL.md: document `--manpage-format` changes This change documents the new Configure option, `--manpage-format`. Address formatting issues and expound on the `Reconfigure` section. Signed-off-by: Enji Cooper Reviewed-by: Dmitry Belyavskiy Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz MergeDate: Mon Jul 20 09:52:30 2026 (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/28450) --- diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index 51f74e70dd3..5d132b49f0d 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -1223,7 +1223,8 @@ Build without support for the specified algorithm. The `ripemd` algorithm is deprecated and if used is synonymous with `rmd160`. -### Compiler-specific options +Compiler-specific options +------------------------- -Dxxx, -Ixxx, -Wp, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -Wl, -rpath, -R, -framework, -static @@ -1254,7 +1255,17 @@ encoding. Take note of the [Environment Variables](#environment-variables) documentation below and how these flags interact with those variables. -### Environment Variables +Miscellaneous options +--------------------- + +### --manpage-format + +Specify a specific output manpage format. The supported output types are mandoc +and *roff. The *roff output format is the default for legacy and portability +reasons. + +Environment Variables +--------------------- VAR=value @@ -1331,10 +1342,18 @@ If `CC` is set, it is advisable to also set `CXX` to ensure both the C and C++ compiler are in the same "family". This becomes relevant with `enable-external-tests` and `enable-buildtest-c++`. -### Reconfigure +Reconfigure +----------- - reconf - reconfigure +### Make targets + + `$ make reconf` + +or + + `$ make reconfigure` + +### Description Reconfigure from earlier data.