From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Wilck Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 16:01:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README.md: document how to customize build Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski --- README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ab7dc3c9..bbeb44fe 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -66,9 +66,21 @@ To uninstall, type: make uninstall +By default, the build will run quietly, just printing one-line messages +about the files being built. To enable more verbose output, run `make V=1`. + Customizing the build --------------------- +**Note**: With very few exceptions, the build process does not read +configuration from the environment. So using syntax like + + SOME_VAR=some_value make + +will **not** have the intended effect. Use the following instead: + + make SOME_VAR=some_value + The following variables can be passed to the `make` command line: * `plugindir="/some/path"`: directory where libmultipath plugins (path