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| author | Enrico Tassi | 2020-12-04 10:10:14 +0100 |
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| committer | Enrico Tassi | 2020-12-04 11:27:50 +0100 |
| commit | 1b39124d33f609740bb601ee5468f39470ba540b (patch) | |
| tree | 6d7c96f472fbb717c37fc1b26cec633768d5ec95 | |
| parent | 4c4715bf3224f6750e8d63005ff0c554015db45e (diff) | |
[doc] coq_environment.txt
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diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index f672bb45d3..74f4091134 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -99,3 +99,13 @@ dependencies...) as Coq. Distribution of pre-compiled plugins and Coq version compiled with the same OCaml toolchain. An OCaml setup mismatch is the most probable cause for an `Error while loading ...: implementation mismatch on ...`. + +coq_environment.txt +------------------- +Coq binaries which honor environment variables, such as `COQLIB`, can +be seeded values for these variables by placing a text file named +`coq_environment.txt` next to them. The file can contain assignments +like `COQLIB="some path"`, that is a variable name followed by `=` and +a string that follows OCaml's escaping conventions. This feature can be +used by installers of binary package to make Coq aware of its installation +path. |