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| author | Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com> | 2020-02-04 09:01:36 +0200 |
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| committer | Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com> | 2020-02-04 09:01:36 +0200 |
| commit | b9d38eadae2fd9d933abb20893d2a3f822b0210e (patch) | |
| tree | a2aeb2fb3cc86f39a0007d187fed142ce637a5e1 /libbuild2/cc/pkgconfig.cxx | |
| parent | c68ec49334b072535d79dc52e0aafa05f0015cb8 (diff) | |
Add note to manual on specifying search paths in compiler mode
Diffstat (limited to 'libbuild2/cc/pkgconfig.cxx')
| -rw-r--r-- | libbuild2/cc/pkgconfig.cxx | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/cc/pkgconfig.cxx b/libbuild2/cc/pkgconfig.cxx index 3e25167..5d5a43c 100644 --- a/libbuild2/cc/pkgconfig.cxx +++ b/libbuild2/cc/pkgconfig.cxx @@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ namespace build2 #ifndef BUILD2_BOOTSTRAP // Load package information from a .pc file. Filter out the -I/-L options - // that refer to system directories. + // that refer to system directories. This makes sure all the system search + // directories are "pushed" to the back which minimizes the chances of + // picking up wrong (e.g., old installed version) header/library. // // Note that the prerequisite package .pc files search order is as follows: // |