From ac34841270d34fb2f47ada2960d7281328ec7b25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 17:08:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] build.zig: allow run() on non-native target artifacts

---
 std/build.zig | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/std/build.zig b/std/build.zig
index 558372b7884e..0f88d09c2a6c 100644
--- a/std/build.zig
+++ b/std/build.zig
@@ -1120,7 +1120,9 @@ pub const LibExeObjStep = struct {
     /// Add command line arguments with `addArg`.
     pub fn run(exe: *LibExeObjStep) *RunStep {
         assert(exe.kind == Kind.Exe);
-        assert(exe.target == Target.Native);
+        // It doesn't have to be native. We catch that if you actually try to run it.
+        // Consider that this is declarative; the run step may not be run unless a user
+        // option is supplied.
         const run_step = RunStep.create(exe.builder, exe.builder.fmt("run {}", exe.step.name));
         run_step.addArtifactArg(exe);
         return run_step;