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diff --git a/docs/overview.txt b/docs/overview.txt index 61b4cba5..c7afdab9 100644 --- a/docs/overview.txt +++ b/docs/overview.txt @@ -188,18 +188,10 @@ Contributed code | -----------------+ Some people contibuted code that couldn't get merged for various reasons. This -code is available as patches in the contrib/ sub-directory. These patches are -to be applied to the source of crosstool-NG, prior to installing. - -An easy way to use contributed code is to pass the --with-contrib= option to -./configure. The possible values depend upon which contributions are packaged -with your version, but you can get with it with passing one of those two -special values: - --with-contrib=list - will list all available contributions - - --with-contrib=all - will select all avalaible contributions +code is available as lzma-compressed patches, in the contrib/ sub-directory. +These patches are to be applied to the source of crosstool-NG, prior to +installing, using something like the following: + lzcat contrib/foobar.patch.lzma |patch -p1 There is no guarantee that a particuliar contribution applies to the current version of crosstool-ng, or that it will work at all. Use contributions at |