From: Ian Jackson Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 11:25:09 +0000 (+0100) Subject: README.md: Clarify the precise `unified filesystem' view needs X-Git-Tag: nailing-cargo/1.0.0~147 X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=055e0ccf2c8b33c08a4eb7208fec6170402da270;p=nailing-cargo.git README.md: Clarify the precise `unified filesystem' view needs Reported-by: Mark Wooding Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e6b389c..d730874 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -308,7 +308,15 @@ Limitations and bugs left by an interrupted run. * Out of tree builds require a unified filesystem view: eg, different - users on the same host, NFS, or something. This could be improved. + users on the same host, NFS, or something. + + Specifically, the invocation and build execution environments must + both have visibility of the source and build directories, at the + same absolute pathnames. The invocation environment must be able + to write to the build environment (but vice versa is not + required). + + This could be improved. * The alternative `Cargo.lock` filename must currently be a leafname. I think fixing this just involves review to check other values work