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@@ -101,15 +101,17 @@ Clone the Zen project and tell `xmake` to use the correct GCC version;
```
git clone https://github.com/EpicGames/zen.git ~/zen/main
cd ~/zen/main
-xmake config --plat=linux --cxx=g++-11 --cc=gcc-11
+xmake config --plat=linux --cxx=g++-11 --cc=gcc-11 [--mode=debug]
```
-Now we are ready to build Zen. The `--mode=debug` is optional. It has been
-included below to show how to change build variants. The `-y` skips `xmake` from
-prompting about updating `vcpkg` packages;
+The `--mode=debug` is optionally required to change the build variant. This
+cannot be done when executing the build and the setting of configuration options
+can not be composed across multiple `xmake config` calls.
+
+Now we are ready to build Zen. The `-y` skips `xmake` from prompting about
+updating `vcpkg` packages;
```
-xmake config --mode=debug
xmake build -y
```