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docs: Update libdir caveat 

Fixes #5514
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Dylan Baker 2019-06-20 09:34:17 -07:00 committed by Jussi Pakkanen
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@ -46,9 +46,12 @@ Installation options are all relative to the prefix, except:
`prefix` defaults to `C:/` on Windows, and `/usr/local/` otherwise. You should always
override this value.
`libdir` is automatically detected based on your platform, but the
implementation is [currently buggy](https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/2038)
on Linux platforms.
`libdir` is automatically detected based on your platform, it should be
correct when doing "native" (build machine == host machine) compilation. For
cross compiles meson will try to guess the correct libdir, but it may not be
accurate, especially on Linux where different distributions have different
defaults. Using a [cross file](Cross-compilation.md#defining-the-environment),
particularly the paths section may be necessary.
### Core options