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 The ``make.config`` file contains compiler specific parameters. You should change
-them to match your hardware.
+them to match your hardware. You can copy the ``make.config.ifort`` or
+``make.config.gfortran`` as a starting point.
 
 The ``configure.sh`` script will first download the dependencies by running
 ``make`` in the ``install/`` directory.  The configuration script will work in