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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/native_compiler_not_required.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/native_compiler_not_required.md deleted file mode 100644 index 331b3c759..000000000 --- a/docs/markdown/snippets/native_compiler_not_required.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,20 +0,0 @@ -## Native (build machine) compilers not always required - -`add_languages()` gained a `native:` keyword, indicating if a native or cross -compiler is to be used. - -For the benefit of existing simple build definitions which don't contain any -`native: true` targets, without breaking backwards compatibility for build -definitions which assume that the native compiler is available after -`add_languages()`, if the `native:` keyword is absent the languages may be used -for either the build or host machine, but are never required for the build -machine. - -This changes the behaviour of the following meson fragment (when cross-compiling -but a native compiler is not available) from reporting an error at -`add_language` to reporting an error at `executable`. - -``` -add_language('c') -executable('main', 'main.c', native: true) -``` |