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@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ 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 unset values are written out -as ``# CONFIG_FOO is not set`` (a Make comment) in ``.config``. +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 ``--sync-deps`` to ``genconfig`` and include ``deps/auto.conf`` in your Makefiles instead of |