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- [meson] add note about cross-building #2296

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Expand Up @@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ etc. This includes but is not limited to the following:
but with additional information to describe host, target, and build machines (such
as the processor architecture).

**NOTE**: unlike CMake, meson cannot automatically deduce the compiler executable in case of cross-building, so it has to be
explicitly specified within conan profile, for instance, the following might be required in case of Visual Studio:

.. code-block:: text

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@memsharded I'm wondering if we should keep using the env but I can't find docs for buildenv and runenv

CC=cl
CXX=cl

Check out the meson documentation for more details on native and cross files:

* `Machine files <https://mesonbuild.com/Machine-files.html>`_
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