From: Peter Krempa Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 12:20:15 +0000 (+0200) Subject: docs: compiling: Section off block on how to run from build directory X-Git-Tag: v8.8.0-rc1~21 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=91284a2893a3f960bfa7274b3a10f156980d71af;p=thirdparty%2Flibvirt.git 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 Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko --- diff --git a/docs/compiling.rst b/docs/compiling.rst index 25dd0f4265..fc5556738d 100644 --- a/docs/compiling.rst +++ b/docs/compiling.rst @@ -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 ::