The behavior of 'rustup override' is not very well known. Add a small note about what it does, so users have a better understanding of how it affects their system toolchain (i.e., it does not affect system toolchain and only sets a directory-specific override). Signed-off-by: Trevor Gross <tmgross@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst b/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst index 632b115dd20d..0612ea517bc1 100644 --- a/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst +++ b/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst @@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ and run:: rustup override set $(scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc) -Otherwise, fetch a standalone installer from: +This will configure your working directory to use the correct version of +``rustc`` without affecting your default toolchain. If you are not using +``rustup``, fetch a standalone installer from:: https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods.html#standalone -- 2.34.1
