From e124aeae8bb24713fd2b8b8cc5000ff595cd9070 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: R <rqou@berkeley.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:24:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] README: Explicitly document how to bootstrap without OpenSSL

Closes: #22279
---
 README.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3eefaf9b5d..a10da9c526 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ a separate build tree::
   $ mkdir build && cd build
   $ ../bootstrap && make
 
+By default the ``bootstrap`` script configures CMake to build with vendored
+dependencies.  However, CMake does not vendor OpenSSL.  To bootstrap in a
+minimal environment, disable use of OpenSSL::
+
+  $ ./bootstrap -- -DCMAKE_USE_OPENSSL=OFF
+
 Windows
 ^^^^^^^