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diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/building/bootstrapping.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/building/bootstrapping.md index 697ca80d13a..7116d908aa7 100644 --- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/building/bootstrapping.md +++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/building/bootstrapping.md @@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ first build the new compiler with an older compiler and then use that to build the new compiler with itself. For development, you usually only want the `stage1` compiler: `x.py build library/std`. +### Default stages + +`x.py` tries to be helpful and pick the stage you most likely meant for each subcommand. +These defaults are as follows: + +- `doc`: `--stage 0` +- `build`: `--stage 1` +- `test`: `--stage 1` +- `dist`: `--stage 2` +- `install`: `--stage 2` +- `bench`: `--stage 2` + +You can always override the stage by passing `--stage N` explicitly. + ## Complications of bootstrapping Since the build system uses the current beta compiler to build the stage-1 |