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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2005-02-01 00:32:44 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2005-02-01 00:32:44 +0000
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(Defining Variables): Warn about CONFIG_SHELL problems.
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
@unnumbered Installation Instructions
-Copyright @copyright{} 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004
+Copyright @copyright{} 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
@@ -223,9 +223,17 @@ For example:
@end example
@noindent
-will cause the specified gcc to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
+causes the specified @command{gcc} to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
overridden in the site shell script).
+Here is a another example:
+@example
+/bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
+@end example
+
+@noindent
+Here the @samp{CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash} operand causes subsequent
+configuration-related scripts to be executed by @command{/bin/bash}.
@node configure Invocation
@section @command{configure} Invocation