From 4caf4578fe9cc9ec68ca57602988a436f916c4db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pranshu Srivastava Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 15:09:12 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add unrepresented flags docs for configure Added documentation to support usage of advanced features of `configure` on Windows. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28069 Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/17331 Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis Reviewed-By: James M Snell Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil --- doc/guides/maintaining-the-build-files.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/maintaining-the-build-files.md b/doc/guides/maintaining-the-build-files.md index 72b2318e63ab0c..433b387e5ee20e 100644 --- a/doc/guides/maintaining-the-build-files.md +++ b/doc/guides/maintaining-the-build-files.md @@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ update the build and testing process on Windows. ## configure +The `configure` script recognizes many CLI flags for special build formulas. +Many are not represented by `vcbuild` shortcuts, and need to be passed +either by: + +* Calling `python configure --XXX --YYY=PPPP` directly, followed by `vcbuild + noprojgen` +* Setting `set config_flags=--XXX --YYY=PPPP` before calling `vcbuild` + To see the help text, run `python configure --help`. Update this file when you need to update the configuration process.