[pypy-svn] r38288 - pypy/dist/pypy/doc

[antocuni at codespeak.net]

Author: antocuni
Date: Fri Feb  9 19:02:47 2007
New Revision: 38288

Modified:
   pypy/dist/pypy/doc/getting-started.txt
Log:
Add a note explaning why you can't build pypy.net on windows :-(



Modified: pypy/dist/pypy/doc/getting-started.txt
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--- pypy/dist/pypy/doc/getting-started.txt	(original)
+++ pypy/dist/pypy/doc/getting-started.txt	Fri Feb  9 19:02:47 2007
@@ -754,6 +754,14 @@
    2
    >>>>
 
+Unfortunately, at the moment it's impossible to do the translation
+under Windows because of a bug of Microsoft ilasm that crashes when
+trying to assemble the huge IL file produced by GenCLI.
+
+As a workaround you can use the Mono ilasm, which does the job
+fine. Once assembled, you can run the produced executable with the
+Microsoft Runtime.
+
 .. _`start reading sources`: 
 
 Where to start reading the sources