8f59e41056ede9739e9b9ea81d52443c18ad90dd
markd
  Tue Jan 21 22:14:04 2025 -0800
with specific user

diff --git src/inc/common.mk src/inc/common.mk
index bb24d5e1bcd..da630b60b57 100644
--- src/inc/common.mk
+++ src/inc/common.mk
@@ -27,31 +27,31 @@
 #    $(info MACHTYPE has - sign set to: ${MACHTYPE})
 endif
 
 HG_DEFS=-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE -DMACHTYPE_${MACHTYPE}
 HG_INC+=-I../inc -I../../inc -I../../../inc -I../../../../inc -I../../../../../inc -I$(kentSrc)/htslib
 
 # to check for Mac OSX Darwin specifics:
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 # to check for differences in Linux OS version
 KERNEL_REL := $(shell uname -r)
 # to check for builds on hgwdev
 HOSTNAME = $(shell uname -n)
 
 # Semi-static builds, normally done in Docker
 #
-# set SEMI_STATIC=yes to enable
+# use make SEMI_STATIC=yes to enable
 #  
 # These use static libraries except for -ldl, -lm, and -lc
 # which must be dynamic.
 #
 ifeq (${SEMI_STATIC},yes)
     # switch to static libraries
     STATIC_PRE = -Wl,-Bstatic
 endif
 L = ${STATIC_PRE}
 
 ifeq (${HOSTNAME},hgwdev)
   IS_HGWDEV = yes
   OURSTUFF = /cluster/software/r9
 else
   ifeq (${HOSTNAME},hgwdev-old.gi.ucsc.edu)