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authorPeter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>2022-09-09 14:20:15 +0200
committerPeter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>2022-09-13 13:36:49 +0200
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docs: compiling: Section off block on how to run from build directory
Running from build directory isn't strictly tied to the git-checkout build so make a new section for it. Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
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@@ -98,10 +98,12 @@ normal OS vendor prefixes, use
$ ninja -C build
-When doing this for day-to-day development purposes, it is recommended
-not to install over the OS vendor provided binaries. Instead simply run
-libvirt directly from the source tree. For example to run a privileged
-libvirtd instance
+Running compiled binaries from build directory
+----------------------------------------------
+
+For testing or development purposes it's usually not necessary to install the
+built binaries into your system. Instead simply run libvirt directly from the
+source tree. For example to run a privileged libvirtd instance
::