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docs: compiling: Section off block on how to run from build directory
authorPeter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Fri, 9 Sep 2022 12:20:15 +0000 (14:20 +0200)
committerPeter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 11:36:49 +0000 (13:36 +0200)
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>
docs/compiling.rst

index 25dd0f426593bb106b8001934db7f6fd538f51a3..fc5556738da91b5a41b6961dd667d146bcc2856c 100644 (file)
@@ -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
 
 ::