[libvirt PATCH 10/10] docs: Reword ninja invocation note to clarify build directory

Tim Small tim at seoss.co.uk
Thu Jul 13 11:00:04 UTC 2023


Minor rewording to clarify purpose of the -C flag in the ninja
invocation, whilst retaining previous meaning.

Signed-off-by: Tim Small <tim at seoss.co.uk>
---
 docs/compiling.rst | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/compiling.rst b/docs/compiling.rst
index c03238b114..800264d2f9 100644
--- a/docs/compiling.rst
+++ b/docs/compiling.rst
@@ -116,14 +116,16 @@ checked in the top level ``meson.build`` file in the ``meson_version`` field.
 Compiling the sources
 ---------------------
 
-To build the configured project run (note that ``-C build`` is a path to the
-build directory):
+Compilation can be carried out by ``ninja``:
 
 ::
 
    $ ninja -C build
 
-The ``build`` directory now contains the built binaries.
+"``build``" is the path to a directory which must match a path previously given
+to ``meson setup``.
+
+Binaries and other resulting files can be found within the build directory.
 
 Additionally you can also run the test suite:
 
-- 
2.39.2



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