From 434ea64b267e5e9e16a66ab1cccf9fab34302ff5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Evans <je@fb.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 20:19:11 -0700
Subject: Add --with-version.

Also avoid deleting the VERSION file while trying to (re)generate it.

This resolves #305.
---
 INSTALL | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'INSTALL')

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5c25054..6878716 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ any of the following arguments (not a definitive list) to 'configure':
     will cause files to be installed into /usr/local/include, /usr/local/lib,
     and /usr/local/man.
 
+--with-version=<major>.<minor>.<bugfix>-<nrev>-g<gid>
+    Use the specified version string rather than trying to generate one (if in
+    a git repository) or use existing the VERSION file (if present).
+
 --with-rpath=<colon-separated-rpath>
     Embed one or more library paths, so that libjemalloc can find the libraries
     it is linked to.  This works only on ELF-based systems.
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