Remove the note that users might edit the system-wide config file.

This file will be overwritten by the next installation, so it's not a
good idea to manually modify it.  Using the -C +file option is a much
better way for user modifications.



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2014-04-05 Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
* avrdude.1: Remove the note that users might edit the system-wide
config file. This file will be overwritten by the next
installation, so it's not a good idea to manually modify it.
Using the -C +file option is a much better way for user
modifications.
* doc/avrdude.texi: (Dito.)
2014-03-13 Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version for post-6.1.

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.It Fl p Ar partno
This is the only option that is mandatory for every invocation of
.Nm avrdude .
It specifies the type of the MCU connected to the programmer. These are read from the config file. If
.Nm avrdude
does not know about a part that you have, simply add it to the config
file (be sure and submit a patch back to the author so that it can be
incorporated for the next version). See the sample config file for
the format.
It specifies the type of the MCU connected to the programmer. These are read from the config file.
For currently supported MCU types use ? as partno, this will print a list of partno ids and official part names on the terminal. (Both can be used with the -p option.)
.Pp
Following parts need special attention:

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@item -C @var{config-file}
Use the specified config file for configuration data. This file
contains all programmer and part definitions that AVRDUDE knows about.
If you have a programmer or part that AVRDUDE does not know about, you
can add it to the config file (be sure and submit a patch back to the
author so that it can be incorporated for the next version). If not
If not
specified, AVRDUDE reads the configuration file from
/usr/local/etc/avrdude.conf (FreeBSD and Linux). See Appendix A for
the method of searching for the configuration file for Windows.