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@@ -12,14 +12,18 @@ For example:
make HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32 -j4
-A prefix will be generated that's suitable for plugging into Bitcoin's
-configure. In the above example, a dir named x86_64-w64-mingw32 will be
+**Bitcoin's configure script by default will ignore the depends output.** In
+order for it to pick up libraries, tools, and settings from the depends build,
+you must point it at the appropriate `--prefix` directory generated by the
+build. In the above example, a prefix dir named x86_64-w64-mingw32 will be
created. To use it for Bitcoin:
./configure --prefix=`pwd`/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32
Common `host-platform-triplets` for cross compilation are:
+- `i686-pc-linux-gnu` for Linux 32 bit
+- `x86_64-pc-linux-gnu` for x86 Linux
- `x86_64-w64-mingw32` for Win64
- `x86_64-apple-darwin14` for macOS
- `arm-linux-gnueabihf` for Linux ARM 32 bit