Merge pull request #3716 from szarnyasg/buildinstr

Build instructions
duckdb · Sep 24, 2024 · 0bbc847 · 0bbc847
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diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ GIT
 
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/duckdb/rouge.git
-  revision: f0362317a944a4043a8f3cc1e24fedb9d84f76ff
+  revision: 6e26d51ce7243c18486e2327d8bb0cb4e115799a
   branch: duckdb
   specs:
     rouge (3.3823.1)

diff --git a/docs/dev/building/build_instructions.md b/docs/dev/building/build_instructions.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ title: Building Instructions
 DuckDB needs CMake and a C++11-compliant compiler (e.g., GCC, Apple-Clang, MSVC).
 Additionally, we recommend using the [Ninja build system](https://ninja-build.org/), which automatically parallelizes the build process.
 
-## UNIX-like Systems
+## UNIX-Like Systems
 
 ### macOS Packages
 
@@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ make -j4
 
 ### The Build Runs Out of Memory
 
-Ninja parallelizes the build, which can cause out-of-memory issues on systems with limited resources. They also occur on Alpine Linux. In these cases, avoid using Ninja:
+Ninja parallelizes the build, which can cause out-of-memory issues on systems with limited resources.
+These issues have also been reported to occur on Alpine Linux, especially on machines with limited resources.
+In these cases, avoid using Ninja by setting the Makefile generator to empty (`GEN=`):
 
 ```bash
-make
+GEN= make
 ```