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diff --git a/docs/markdown/howtox.md b/docs/markdown/howtox.md index 8231d3d..ee7fc9c 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/howtox.md +++ b/docs/markdown/howtox.md @@ -12,15 +12,16 @@ When first running Meson, set it in an environment variable. $ CC=mycc meson <options> ``` -Note that environment variables like `CC` only works in native builds. The `CC` -refers to the compiler for the host platform, that is the compiler used to -compile programs that run on the machine we will eventually install the project -on. The compiler used to build things that run on the machine we do the -building can be specified with `CC_FOR_BUILD`. You can use it in cross builds. +Note that environment variables like `CC` only refer to the host platform in +cross builds. That is, the `CC` refers compiler used to compile programs that +run on the machine we will eventually install the project on. The compiler used +to build things that run on the machine we do the building can be specified +with `CC_FOR_BUILD`. You can always used `CC_FOR_BUILD`, but for native builds +it is less well known because Meson (and Autotools) will default `CC_FOR_BUILD` +with `CC`. Note that environment variables are never the idiomatic way to do anything with -Meson, however. It is better to use the native and cross files. And the tools -for the host platform in cross builds can only be specified with a cross file. +Meson, however. It is better to use the native and cross files. There is a table of all environment variables supported [Here](Reference-tables.md#compiler-and-linker-selection-variables) |