From 9292409f21393ec539cdf40720d26b43914f6018 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: benoitc <bchesneau@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 23:46:20 +0200
Subject: Add WITHOUT variable to exclude components on build

This allows to ignore lines from the default build.config if needed.
For example to not include packages run make WITHOUT=index
---
 doc/src/guide/getting_started.asciidoc | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc/src/guide/getting_started.asciidoc')

diff --git a/doc/src/guide/getting_started.asciidoc b/doc/src/guide/getting_started.asciidoc
index ca1391d..5d7d804 100644
--- a/doc/src/guide/getting_started.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/guide/getting_started.asciidoc
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ to bootstrap. This operation is done only once. Consult the
 xref:updating[Updating Erlang.mk] chapter for more
 information.
 
+[NOTE]
+----
+By default the file contains a package index. To filter it, run the command
+above with the `WITHOUT=index` argument.
+
+[source,bash]
+$ make -f erlang.mk bootstrap WITHOUT=index
+
+This command will generate the file without the index.
+----
+
 Of course, the generated project can now be compiled:
 
 [source,bash]
-- 
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