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@@ -142,9 +142,10 @@ Using ``.config`` files as Make input ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``.config`` files use Make syntax and can be included directly in Makefiles to -read configuration values from there. This is why ``n``-valued ``bool``/``tristate`` -values are written out as ``# CONFIG_FOO is not set`` (a Make comment) in ``.config`` -(allowing them to be tested with ``ifdef`` in Make). +read configuration values from there. This is why ``n``-valued +``bool``/``tristate`` values are written out as ``# CONFIG_FOO is not set`` (a +Make comment) in ``.config``, allowing them to be tested with ``ifdef`` in +Make. If you make use of this, you might want to pass ``--config-out <filename>`` to ``genconfig`` and include the generated configuration file instead of including |