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| author | Dylan Baker <dylan@pnwbakers.com> | 2019-01-08 11:31:58 -0800 |
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| committer | Dylan Baker <dylan@pnwbakers.com> | 2019-01-08 11:40:25 -0800 |
| commit | 1404f404f804ddd9d892e813ed23ca222c16ad39 (patch) | |
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docs: document that using environment variables is discouraged [skip ci]
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md index fa913f5..fd25111 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md @@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ These are the parameter names for passing language specific arguments to your bu These environment variables will be used to modify the compiler and linker flags. +It is recommended that you **do not use these**. They are provided purely to +for backwards compatibility with other build systems. There are many caveats to +their use, especially when rebuilding the project. It is **highly** recommended +that you use [the command line arguments](#language-arguments-parameters-names) +instead. + | Name | Comment | | ----- | ------- | | CFLAGS | Flags for the C compiler | |