[pypy-commit] pypy default: warn people not to use 4.2 gcc
lac
noreply at buildbot.pypy.org
Tue Aug 16 16:38:37 CEST 2011
Author: Laura Creighton <lac at openend.se>
Branch:
Changeset: r46547:27092baa0f1d
Date: 2011-08-16 16:38 +0200
http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/27092baa0f1d/
Log: warn people not to use 4.2 gcc
diff --git a/pypy/doc/getting-started-python.rst b/pypy/doc/getting-started-python.rst
--- a/pypy/doc/getting-started-python.rst
+++ b/pypy/doc/getting-started-python.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@
.. _`windows document`: windows.html
You can translate the whole of PyPy's Python interpreter to low level C code,
-or `CLI code`_.
+or `CLI code`_. If you intend to build using gcc, check to make sure that
+the version you have is not 4.2 or you will run into `this bug`_.
+
+.. _`this bug`: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-4.2/+bug/187391
1. First `download a pre-built PyPy`_ for your architecture which you will
use to translate your Python interpreter. It is, of course, possible to
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