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diff --git a/doc/intro.cli b/doc/intro.cli index c703399..82c15a8 100644 --- a/doc/intro.cli +++ b/doc/intro.cli @@ -429,6 +429,19 @@ $ bdep init ... cc \ config.cxx=\"clang++ -m32 -stdlib=libc++\" \ +The compiler mode options are also the correct place to specify +\i{system-like} header (\c{-I}) and library (\c{-L}, \c{/LIBPATH}) search +paths. Where by system-like we mean common installation directories like +\c{/usr/include} or \c{/usr/local/lib} which may contain older versions of the +libraries we are trying to build and/or use. By specifying these paths as part +of the mode options (as opposed to \c{config.*.poptions} and +\c{config.*.loptions}) we make sure they will be considered last, similar to +the compiler's build-in search paths. For example: + +\ +$ bdep init ... cc config.cxx=\"g++ -L/opt/install\" +\ + | One difference you might have noticed when creating the \c{gcc} and \c{clang} |