From 4a8e8b710385a221bffd2e0b081ca98f4abb9c07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dylan Baker Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 11:38:14 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs: further specify that CFLAGS and friends are only for distro packagers [skip ci] --- docs/markdown/howtox.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/markdown/howtox.md b/docs/markdown/howtox.md index adcec7c33..3d8515ff8 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/howtox.md +++ b/docs/markdown/howtox.md @@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ executable(..., dependencies : thread_dep) ## Set extra compiler and linker flags from the outside (when e.g. building distro packages) -The behavior is the same as with other build systems, with environment variables during first invocation. +The behavior is the same as with other build systems, with environment +variables during first invocation. Do not use these when you need to rebuild +the source ```console $ CFLAGS=-fsomething LDFLAGS=-Wl,--linker-flag meson