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| author | Zachary Ware <zachary.ware@gmail.com> | 2014-10-26 03:57:05 (GMT) |
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| committer | Zachary Ware <zachary.ware@gmail.com> | 2014-10-26 03:57:05 (GMT) |
| commit | b6f8fec80bfb87ad501ef82b0e664ea281aa817c (patch) | |
| tree | 595a79e1b57b0e99ac803c70cc568b592f33669b /PCbuild/readme.txt | |
| parent | b0effcc8ac761110df759c99ab446599cff7746a (diff) | |
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Issue #22261: Add a note to PCbuild\readme.txt about MSBuild switches.
Specifically, that they can be passed at the end of a build.bat invocation.
Initial patch by Shorya Raj.
Diffstat (limited to 'PCbuild/readme.txt')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt index d5ef00f..6193c64 100644 --- a/PCbuild/readme.txt +++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt @@ -88,6 +88,19 @@ this behavior: -r Rebuild instead of just building -e Use get_externals.bat to fetch external sources +Up to 9 MSBuild switches can also be passed, though they must be passed +after specifying any of the above switches. For example, use: + + build.bat -e -d /m + +to do a concurrent debug build with externals fetched as needed. If +the MSBuild switch requires an equal sign ("="), the entire switch must +be quoted: + + build.bat -e -d "/p:externalsDir=P:\cpython-externals" + +There may also be other situations where quotes are necessary. + Legacy support -------------- |