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13 <h3>Build Options</h3>
14 <img src="pic/pogo3a.gif" alt="gif" align="left"><a href="http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/pictures.html">from <i>Pogo</i>, Walt Kelly</a>
15 <p>Gnu autoconfigure tools are in the backpack.</p>
16 <p>Last update: <csobj format="ShortTime" h="25" locale="00000409" region="0" t="DateTime" w="61">Monday,
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20 <p>Most modern software distributions include an autoconfigure utility which
21 customizes the build and install configuration according to the specific
22 hardware, operating system and file system conventions. For NTP this
23 utility is called <tt>configure</tt>, which is run before building and installing
24 the program components. For most installations no additional actions
25 are required other than running <tt>configure</tt> with no options.
26 However, it is possible to customize the build and install configuration
27 through the use of <tt>configure</tt> options.</p>
28 <p>The available options, together with
29 a concise description, can be displayed by running <tt>configure</tt> with
30 the <tt>--help</tt> option. Various options can be used to reduce the memory
31 footprint, adjust the scheduling priority, enable or disable debugging
32 support or reference clock driver support. The options can be used
33 to specify where to install the program components or where to find
34 various libraries if they are not in the default place.</p>
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