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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions src/bootstrap/flags.rs
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Expand Up @@ -196,9 +196,14 @@ Arguments:
./x.py build
./x.py build --stage 1

For a quick build with a usable compile, you can pass:
For a quick build of a usable compiler, you can pass:

./x.py build --stage 1 src/libtest");
./x.py build --stage 1 src/libtest

This will first build everything once (like --stage 0 without further
arguments would), and then use the compiler built in stage 0 to build
src/libtest and its dependencies.
Once this is done, build/$ARCH/stage1 contains a usable compiler.");
}
"test" => {
subcommand_help.push_str("\n
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