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Diffstat (limited to 'configure.ac')
| -rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 128165529..deeb968da 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -250,8 +250,10 @@ AS_HELP_STRING([--with-openssl],[use OpenSSL library (default is YES)]) AS_HELP_STRING([], [ARG can be prefix for openssl library and headers]), GIT_PARSE_WITH([openssl])) -# Define USE_LIBPCRE if you have and want to use libpcre. git-grep will be -# able to use Perl-compatible regular expressions. +# Define USE_LIBPCRE if you have and want to use libpcre. Various +# commands such as log and grep offer runtime options to use +# Perl-compatible regular expressions instead of standard or extended +# POSIX regular expressions. # # Define LIBPCREDIR=/foo/bar if your libpcre header and library files are in # /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories. @@ -499,8 +501,10 @@ GIT_CONF_SUBST([NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO]) GIT_CONF_SUBST([NO_OPENSSL]) # -# Define USE_LIBPCRE if you have and want to use libpcre. git-grep will be -# able to use Perl-compatible regular expressions. +# Define USE_LIBPCRE if you have and want to use libpcre. Various +# commands such as log and grep offer runtime options to use +# Perl-compatible regular expressions instead of standard or extended +# POSIX regular expressions. # if test -n "$USE_LIBPCRE"; then |