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Date:      Sat, 10 Nov 2018 20:26:19 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r340329 - head/share/man/man7
Message-ID:  <201811102026.wAAKQJUL053731@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: emaste
Date: Sat Nov 10 20:26:19 2018
New Revision: 340329
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/340329

Log:
  build(7): clarify buildenv target can be used for non-cross builds
  
  make buildenv can be used for building for the same architecture as
  the host (perhaps this is a degenerate case of cross-building).
  TARGET and TARGET_ARCH do not need to be set in this case.
  
  Reviewed by:	bdrewery
  MFC after:	1 week
  Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D10759

Modified:
  head/share/man/man7/build.7

Modified: head/share/man/man7/build.7
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man7/build.7	Sat Nov 10 19:09:48 2018	(r340328)
+++ head/share/man/man7/build.7	Sat Nov 10 20:26:19 2018	(r340329)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd August 16, 2018
+.Dd November 10, 2018
 .Dt BUILD 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -168,16 +168,16 @@ are:
 .Bl -tag -width ".Cm distributeworld"
 .It Cm buildenv
 Spawn an interactive shell with environment variables set up for
-cross-building the system.
-The target architecture needs to be specified with
+building the system or individual components.
+For cross-building the target architecture needs to be specified with
 .Xr make 1
 variables
 .Va TARGET_ARCH
 and
 .Va TARGET .
 .Pp
-This target is only useful after a complete cross-toolchain including
-the compiler, linker, assembler, headers and libraries has been
+This target is only useful after a complete toolchain (including
+the compiler, linker, assembler, headers and libraries) has been
 built; see the
 .Cm toolchain
 target below.



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