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authorDylan Baker <[email protected]>2018-12-19 13:27:27 -0800
committerDylan Baker <[email protected]>2018-12-20 11:16:40 -0800
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docs/meson: Recommend not using CFLAGS and friends
Because of the many caveats involved, using -Dc_args instead of CFLAGS is recommended both by meson upstream and by us. v2: - Fix typo Reviewed-by: Bas Nieuwenhuizen <[email protected]> (v1) Reviewed-by: Eric Anholt <[email protected]>
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<dl>
<dt><code>Environment Variables</code></dt>
<dd><p>Meson supports the standard CC and CXX environment variables for
-changing the default compiler, and CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, and LDFLAGS for setting
-options to the compiler and linker during the initial configuration.
-
-These arguments are consumed and stored by meson when it is initialized. To
-change these flags after the build is initialized (or when doing a first
-initialization), consider using <code>-D${lang}_args</code> and
-<code>-D${lang}_link_args</code> instead. Meson will never change compiler in a
-configured build directory.
+changing the default compiler. Meson does support CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, etc. But
+their use is discouraged because of the many caveats in using them. Instead it
+is recomended to use <code>-D${lang}_args</code> and
+<code>-D${lang}_link_args</code> instead. Among the benefits of these options
+is that they are guaranteed to persist across rebuilds and reconfigurations.
+
+Meson does not allow changing compiler in a configured builddir, you will need
+to create a new build dir for a different compiler.
</p>
<pre>