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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md index 77f8db1..cb8c53c 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md @@ -46,9 +46,12 @@ Installation options are all relative to the prefix, except: `prefix` defaults to `C:/` on Windows, and `/usr/local/` otherwise. You should always override this value. -`libdir` is automatically detected based on your platform, but the -implementation is [currently buggy](https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/2038) -on Linux platforms. +`libdir` is automatically detected based on your platform, it should be +correct when doing "native" (build machine == host machine) compilation. For +cross compiles meson will try to guess the correct libdir, but it may not be +accurate, especially on Linux where different distributions have different +defaults. Using a [cross file](Cross-compilation.md#defining-the-environment), +particularly the paths section may be necessary. ### Core options |