INSTALL: clarify a bit more how Configure treats "unknown" options

Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3468)
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Richard Levitte 2017-05-15 14:16:17 +02:00
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@ -509,16 +509,21 @@
"ripemd" algorithm is deprecated and if used is synonymous
with rmd160.
-Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -mXXX, -Kxxx
These system specific options will be passed through to the
compiler to allow you to define preprocessor symbols, specify
additional libraries, library directories or other compiler
options. It might be worth noting that some compilers
generate code specifically for processor the compiler
currently executes on. This is not necessarily what you might
have in mind, since it might be unsuitable for execution on
other, typically older, processor. Consult your compiler
documentation.
-Dxxx, lxxx, -Lxxx, -Wl, -rpath, -R, -framework, -static
These system specific options will be recocognised and
passed through to the compiler to allow you to define
preprocessor symbols, specify additional libraries, library
directories or other compiler options. It might be worth
noting that some compilers generate code specifically for
processor the compiler currently executes on. This is not
necessarily what you might have in mind, since it might be
unsuitable for execution on other, typically older,
processor. Consult your compiler documentation.
-xxx, +xxx
Additional options that are not otherwise recognised are
passed through as they are to the compiler as well. Again,
consult your compiler documentation.
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