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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/snippets/env_vars_and_cross.md | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/env_vars_and_cross.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/env_vars_and_cross.md index f4340de..61a63f3 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/snippets/env_vars_and_cross.md +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/env_vars_and_cross.md @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ 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` always effects the host platform, and `CC_FOR_BUILD` always affects -the build platform, with `CC` also effecting the build platform for native -builds only when `CC_FOR_BUILD` is not defined. +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 -consistent. +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. |