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author | Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> | 2020-11-17 12:21:29 -0500 |
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committer | Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> | 2020-11-17 12:21:29 -0500 |
commit | 714e5c72f6782191937c94a7cb7b6b750bd1ff5b (patch) | |
tree | 6bcd0824c784d7c1b85dae0b45d527c71446e208 | |
parent | b76e514322d0d4946ba10a998c18a2f80025848d (diff) | |
download | gtk+-714e5c72f6782191937c94a7cb7b6b750bd1ff5b.tar.gz |
docs: Add details about plain builds
Mention that build type 'plain' puts the responsibility
for debug features into the hands of the builder.
Related: !2831
-rw-r--r-- | docs/reference/gtk/building.md | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/building.md b/docs/reference/gtk/building.md index 2ee660fb05..51c8802168 100644 --- a/docs/reference/gtk/building.md +++ b/docs/reference/gtk/building.md @@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ The `plain` build type provided by Meson should only be used when packaging GTK, and it's expected that packagers will provide their own compiler flags when building GTK. See the previous section for the list of environment variables to be used to define compiler and -linker flags. +linker flags. Note that with the plain build type, you are also +responsible for controlling the debugging features of GTK with +`-DG_ENABLE_DEBUG` and `-DG_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS`. ## Dependencies {#dependencies} |