From: Carol (Nichols || Goulding) <carol.nichols@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 01:45:29 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Document recommended way for running tests
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Document recommended way for running tests

Fixes #3084.
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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