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authorFred Baksik <fdk17@ftml.net>2020-07-15 15:03:46 -0400
committerFred Baksik <fdk17@ftml.net>2020-08-03 12:34:46 -0400
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Toolchain: Update documentation for initial compiler flags
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@@ -11,3 +11,11 @@ value for ``CXX`` is stored in the cache as
:variable:`CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER <CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER>`. For any configuration
run (including the first), the environment variable will be ignored if the
:variable:`CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER <CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER>` variable is defined.
+
+.. note::
+ Options that are required to make the compiler work correctly can be included;
+ they can not be changed.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ export CXX="custom-compiler --arg1 --arg2"