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diff --git a/docs/meson.html b/docs/meson.html index ea8fc985982..dcad062c0a1 100644 --- a/docs/meson.html +++ b/docs/meson.html @@ -99,29 +99,29 @@ recommended in the documentation</a> <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. +options to the compiler and linker during the initial configuration. -The default compilers depends on your operating system. Meson supports most of -the popular compilers, a complete list is available -<a href="http://mesonbuild.com/Reference-tables.html#compiler-ids">here</a>. - -These arguments are consumed and stored by meson when it is initialized or -re-initialized. Therefore passing them to meson configure will not do anything, -and passing them to ninja will only do something if ninja decides to -re-initialize meson, for example, if a meson.build file has been changed. -Changing these variables will not cause all targets to be rebuilt, so running -ninja clean is recommended when changing CFLAGS or CXXFLAGS. Meson will never -change compiler in a configured build directory. +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. </p> <pre> CC=clang CXX=clang++ meson build-clang ninja -C build-clang ninja -C build-clang clean - touch meson.build - CFLAGS=-Wno-typedef-redefinition ninja -C build-clang + meson configure build -Dc_args="-Wno-typedef-redefinition" + ninja -C build-clang </pre> +<p> +The default compilers depends on your operating system. Meson supports most of +the popular compilers, a complete list is available +<a href="http://mesonbuild.com/Reference-tables.html#compiler-ids">here</a>. +</p> + <p>Meson also honors <code>DESTDIR</code> for installs</p> </dd> |