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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/sanity-check.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/sanity-check.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d5ed80d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/sanity-check.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +## Sanity checking compilers with user flags + +Sanity checks previously only used user-specified flags for cross compilers, but +now do in all cases. + +All compilers meson might decide to use for the build are "sanity checked" +before other tests are run. This usually involves building simple executable and +trying to run it. Previously user flags (compilation and/or linking flags) were +used for sanity checking cross compilers, but not native compilers. This is +because such flags might be essential for a cross binary to succeed, but usually +aren't for a native compiler. + +In recent releases, there has been an effort to minimize the special-casing of +cross or native builds so as to make building more predictable in less-tested +cases. Since this the user flags are necessary for cross, but not harmful for +native, it makes more sense to use them in all sanity checks than use them in no +sanity checks, so this is what we now do. |