Issue #22261: Add a note to PCbuild\readme.txt about MSBuild switches.

Specifically, that they can be passed at the end of a build.bat invocation.

Initial patch by Shorya Raj.

diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 2e08533759d406a74f66afcf62ab39364b208faa..266e7c48247b78fe2ecaf5b0af384c30980ea0f1 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1104,6 +1104,7 @@ Thomas Rachel
 Ram Rachum
 Jérôme Radix
 Burton Radons
+Shorya Raj
 Jeff Ramnani
 Brodie Rao
 Senko Rasic

diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt
index d5ef00f7805cfb28f7331f3cd38b31bdbc12d096..6193c64012c365b35db858be4d64c03f6013e1bd 100644 (file)
--- a/PCbuild/readme.txt
+++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,19 @@ this behavior:
    -r                  Rebuild instead of just building
    -e                  Use get_externals.bat to fetch external sources
 
+Up to 9 MSBuild switches can also be passed, though they must be passed
+after specifying any of the above switches.  For example, use:
+
+   build.bat -e -d /m
+
+to do a concurrent debug build with externals fetched as needed.  If
+the MSBuild switch requires an equal sign ("="), the entire switch must
+be quoted:
+
+   build.bat -e -d "/p:externalsDir=P:\cpython-externals"
+
+There may also be other situations where quotes are necessary.
+
 
 Legacy support
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