ncurses 6.3 - patch 20211030

[ncurses.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index aacfd9ad96a4d47e00b5703eb05ed33c3c5d8ef9..4600641f39f373088908c202ac93e7e5c7374093 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.235 2021/10/19 23:34:17 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.236 2021/10/26 07:55:02 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -1146,8 +1146,15 @@ CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        path.  The configure script allows only a single directory, because
        that is used as the directory in which to install ".pc" files.
 
-       The automatic check for the library path selects the first directory
-       which currently exists.
+       The automatic check for the library path prefers the first directory
+       which currently exists.  If none of the directories listed by
+       pkg-config exist, the check prefers a pkgconfig directory under the
+       "libdir" set by the configure script (which may not be the system
+       default), or if pkg-config lists nothing suitable, the first one which
+       is listed by pkg-config is used.
+
+       Automatic selection is overridden by providing an option-value
+       beginning with "/".
 
     --with-profile
        Generate profile-libraries These are named by adding "_p" to the root,