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| author |  jcater <jcater@google.com> | 2018-06-12 08:28:48 -0700 |
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| committer |  Copybara-Service <copybara-piper@google.com> | 2018-06-12 08:30:28 -0700 |
| commit | 06325053ff3ccfd3f6b119a57b6ebd3d8cfc6efb (patch) | |
| tree | 0ee5f9211f8222ed6274993ad5603634eec79b89 /site/docs/platforms.md | |
| parent | 2eff4fdbd1dd89877098010ab3f672687fc008b6 (diff) | |
Platform documentation fixes.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 200218884
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| -rw-r--r-- | site/docs/platforms.md | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/site/docs/platforms.md b/site/docs/platforms.md index 8cdc3d7e3f..c746b189c2 100644 --- a/site/docs/platforms.md +++ b/site/docs/platforms.md @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Bazel can build and test code on a variety of operating systems and hardware using many different build tools, such as linkers and compilers. These combinations of software and hardware are what Bazel considers *platforms*. One major use for specifying a platform for a build is automatic -[toolchain](toolchains.html) selection. +[toolchain](toolchains.html) +selection. Bazel recognizes the following types of platforms: @@ -46,14 +47,11 @@ version of a build tool, such as a linker or compiler. You define a platform in a `BUILD` file using the following Bazel rules: -* [`constraint_setting`](be/platform.html#constraint_setting) - defines a - constraint. +* [`constraint_setting`](be/platform.html#constraint_setting) - defines a constraint. -* [`constraint_value`](be/platform.html#constraint_value) - defines an allowed - value for a constraint. +* [`constraint_value`](be/platform.html#constraint_value) - defines an allowed value for a constraint. -* [`platform`](be/platform.html#platform) - defines a platform by specifying - a set of constraints and their values. +* [`platform`](be/platform.html#platform) - defines a platform by specifying a set of constraints and their values. The following example defines the `glibc_version` constraint and its two allowed values. It then defines a platform that uses the `glibc_version` constraint @@ -129,5 +127,7 @@ command-line flags: * `--platforms` - defaults to `@bazel_tools//platforms:target_platform` Platforms can also be used with the `config_setting` rule to define configurable -attributes. See [config_setting](be/general.html#config_setting) for more +attributes. See +[config_setting](be/general.html#config_setting) +for more details. |