[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] doc/fate: document setting of session-wide env variables (PR #20930)

[Gyan Doshi via ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>]

PR #20930 opened by Gyan Doshi (GyanD)
URL: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/20930
Patch URL: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/20930.patch

Revision of FFmpeg/FFmpeg!20907


>From e76fcf822346b47c6ec65ec59945ab896c16f193 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gyan Doshi <ffmpeg@gyani.pro>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:24:38 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] doc/fate: document setting of session-wide env variables

---
 doc/fate.texi | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/fate.texi b/doc/fate.texi
index 57268d44b4..12c884047c 100644
--- a/doc/fate.texi
+++ b/doc/fate.texi
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ make fate
 See @ref{makefile variables} for a list of arguments that can be added.
 
 If you did not set the samples path during configuration, or if you wish to
-override it just before starting FATE, you can do so in one of two ways.
+override it just before starting FATE, you can do so in one of three ways.
 
 Either by setting a make variable:
 
@@ -74,7 +74,15 @@ make fate-rsync SAMPLES=/path/to/fate-suite
 make fate       SAMPLES=/path/to/fate-suite
 @end example
 
-or by prepending an environment variable:
+or by setting an environment variable for the current session:
+
+@example
+export FATE_SAMPLES=/path/to/fate-suite
+make fate-rsync
+make fate
+@end example
+
+or in isolation for a single command by prepending it:
 
 @example
 FATE_SAMPLES=/path/to/fate-suite make fate-rsync
-- 
2.49.1

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