fix standardTargetOptions and improve init-exe to use it

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/std/special/init-exe/build.zig b/lib/std/special/init-exe/build.zig
index 0b7410f2ad..fd71588c5f 100644
--- a/lib/std/special/init-exe/build.zig
+++ b/lib/std/special/init-exe/build.zig
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 const Builder = @import("std").build.Builder;
 
 pub fn build(b: *Builder) void {
+    // Standard target options allows the person running `zig build` to choose
+    // what target to build for. Here we do not override the defaults, which
+    // means any target is allowed, and the default is native. Other options
+    // for restricting supported target set are available.
+    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
+
+    // Standard release options allow the person running `zig build` to select
+    // between Debug, ReleaseSafe, ReleaseFast, and ReleaseSmall.
     const mode = b.standardReleaseOptions();
+
     const exe = b.addExecutable("$", "src/main.zig");
+    exe.setTarget(target);
     exe.setBuildMode(mode);
     exe.install();