feat: add additional info about signing builds and C libraries

tauri-apps · Sep 29, 2023 · 8e94045 · 8e94045
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@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Make sure to check the [documentation for GitHub Actions][github actions] to und
 
 ## Experimental: Build Windows apps on Linux and macOS
 
-Tauri v1.3 added a new Windows installer type based on the [NSIS] installer framework. In contrast to WiX, NSIS itself can also work on Linux and macOS which makes it possible to build many Tauri apps on non-Windows hosts. Note that this is currently considered highly experimental and may not work on every system or for every project. Therefore it should only be used as a last resort if local VMs or CI solutions like GitHub Actions don't work for you.
+Tauri v1.3 added a new Windows installer type based on the [NSIS] installer framework. In contrast to WiX, NSIS itself can also work on Linux and macOS which makes it possible to build many Tauri apps on non-Windows hosts. Note that this is currently considered highly experimental and may not work on every system or for every project. Therefore it should only be used as a last resort if local VMs or CI solutions like GitHub Actions don't work for you. **Note that, at this time, signing cross-platform builds is currently unsupported**
 
 Since Tauri officially only supports the MSVC Windows target, the setup is a bit more involved.
 
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ Keep in mind that this file is specific to your machine so we don't recommend ch
 
 #### Building the App
 
+If your application has dependencies has bindings to C libraries such as `ring` or `libsqlite3-sys`, building your application cross-platform gets a little trickier, as you will also need to set up the 
+appropriate environment variables and packages on your system. These may include setting the `CC`, `CXX`, `AR` and other environment variables, although this depend heavily on the set up of your build 
+environment
+
 Now it should be as simple as adding the target to the `tauri build` command:
 
 <Command name="build --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" />