From 04f752e5b8f6a6a3318f7f8898a993759bd8219e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitchell Hashimoto <m@mitchellh.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:12:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] PACKAGING: recommend -Dtarget

---
 PACKAGING.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/PACKAGING.md b/PACKAGING.md
index 5e6560c34..f31252272 100644
--- a/PACKAGING.md
+++ b/PACKAGING.md
@@ -91,3 +91,8 @@ relevant to package maintainers:
 - `-Dcpu=baseline`: Build for the "baseline" CPU of the target architecture.
   This avoids building for newer CPU features that may not be available on
   all target machines.
+
+- `-Dtarget=$arch-$os-$abi`: Build for a specific target triple. This is
+  often necessary for system packages to specify a specific minimum Linux
+  version, glibc, etc. Run `zig targets` to a get a full list of available
+  targets.