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Diffstat (limited to 'build2/b-options.cxx')
| -rw-r--r-- | build2/b-options.cxx | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/build2/b-options.cxx b/build2/b-options.cxx index 60eeec6..2bc65b3 100644 --- a/build2/b-options.cxx +++ b/build2/b-options.cxx @@ -1529,7 +1529,8 @@ namespace build2 << ::std::endl << "The default options files for the build system driver are called \033[1mb.options\033[0m and" << ::std::endl << "are searched for in the \033[1m.build2/\033[0m subdirectory of the home directory and in the" << ::std::endl - << "system directory (for example, \033[1m/etc/build2/\033[0m) if configured." << ::std::endl + << "system directory (for example, \033[1m/etc/build2/\033[0m) if configured. Note that besides" << ::std::endl + << "options these files can also contain global variable overrides." << ::std::endl << ::std::endl << "Once the search is complete, the files are loaded in the reverse order, that" << ::std::endl << "is, beginning from the system directory (if any), followed by the home" << ::std::endl |