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authorRalf Jung <post@ralfj.de>2017-06-06 14:26:56 -0700
committerRalf Jung <post@ralfj.de>2017-06-06 14:26:56 -0700
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parenta032cb89c5d9b436c1c57f8a6d5961d898f5c2b6 (diff)
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bootstrap: improve 'build --help' by explaining what exactly the last example does
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-rw-r--r--src/bootstrap/flags.rs6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/flags.rs b/src/bootstrap/flags.rs
index f100baa5d2c..3a265b2f3bb 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/flags.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/flags.rs
@@ -198,7 +198,11 @@ Arguments:
 
     For a quick build with a usable compile, you can pass:
 
-        ./x.py build --stage 1 src/libtest");
+        ./x.py build --stage 1 src/libtest
+
+    This will first build everything once (like --stage 0 without further
+    arguments would), and then use the compiler built in stage 0 to build
+    src/libtest and its dependencies.");
             }
             "test" => {
                 subcommand_help.push_str("\n