From 5c793a2947fbcbfe1fc86e7e09cdd158c86d8b81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Carol (Nichols || Goulding)" <carol.nichols@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:45:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Document recommended way for running tests

Fixes #3084.
---
 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49d73629a..71c74508d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ bit versions of cargo on unix you would use:
 $ ./configure --target=i686-unknown-linux-gnu,x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
 ```
 
+## Running the tests
+
+To run cargo's tests, use `cargo test`. If you do not have the cross-compilers
+installed locally, ignore the cross-compile test failures, or disable them by
+using `CFG_DISABLE_CROSS_TESTS=1 cargo test`.
+
 ## Adding new subcommands to Cargo
 
 Cargo is designed to be extensible with new subcommands without having to modify
-- 
2.30.2