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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/per-machine-options.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/per-machine-options.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d19c68e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/per-machine-options.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +## Specifying options per mer machine + +Previously, no cross builds were controllable from the command line. +Machine-specific options like the pkg-config path and compiler options only +affected native targets, that is to say all targets in native builds, and +`native: true` targets in cross builds. Now, prefix the option with `build.` to +affect build machine targets, and leave it unprefixed to affect host machine +targets. + +For those trying to ensure native and cross builds to the same platform produced +the same result, the old way was frustrating because very different invocations +were needed to affect the same targets, if it was possible at all. Now, the same +command line arguments affect the same targets everwhere --- Meson is closer to +ignoring whether the "overall" build is native or cross, and just caring about +whether individual targets are for the build or host machines. |