Compile some programs only conditionally.

[git.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index d9b425fa73e806751ff2636300ea24bd1e7f1e56..4a4e13fe46567a567b1ceb09a792379674dc6f57 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ Issues of note:
          that come with git (git includes the one from Mozilla, and has
          its own PowerPC and ARM optimized ones too - see the Makefile).
 
-       - "libcurl" and "curl" executable.  git-http-fetch and
-         git-fetch use them.  If you do not use http
-         transfer, you are probably OK if you do not have
-         them.
+       - libcurl library; git-http-fetch and git-fetch use them.  You
+         might also want the "curl" executable for debugging purposes.
+         If you do not use http transfer, you are probably OK if you
+         do not have them.
 
        - expat library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
          management over DAV.  Similar to "curl" above, this is optional.
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ Issues of note:
        - "perl" and POSIX-compliant shells are needed to use most of
          the barebone Porcelainish scripts.
 
-       - "cpio" is used by git-clone when doing a local (possibly
-         hardlinked) clone.
-
  - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,
    but depending on your specific installation, you may not
    have all the libraries/tools needed, or you may have