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authorJohn Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>2019-08-02 14:29:40 -0400
committerJussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com>2020-03-23 17:51:36 +0200
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Fix legacy env var support with cross
Fix #3969
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+## Environment Variables with Cross Builds
+
+Previously in Meson, variables like `CC` effected both the host and build
+platforms for native builds, but the just the build platform for cross builds.
+Now `CC_FOR_BUILD` is used for the build platform in cross builds.
+
+This old behavior is inconsistent with the way Autotools works, which
+undermines the purpose of distro-integration that is the only reason
+environment variables are supported at all in Meson. The new behavior is not
+quite the same, but doesn't conflict: meson doesn't always repond to an
+environment when Autoconf would, but when it does it interprets it as Autotools
+would.