[pypy-commit] pypy.org extradoc: Dump this explanation here. I know it's kind of already there, but

[arigo]

Author: Armin Rigo <arigo at tunes.org>
Branch: extradoc
Changeset: r423:f3febaeb5c8a
Date: 2013-05-11 07:57 +0200
http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy.org/changeset/f3febaeb5c8a/

Log:	Dump this explanation here. I know it's kind of already there, but
	we keep getting mails, so I guess that having it twice is better
	than once.

diff --git a/download.html b/download.html
--- a/download.html
+++ b/download.html
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@
 in production due to potential future security issues), you can find
 <a class="reference external" href="http://buildbot.pypy.org/nightly/release-2.0.x/pypy-c-jit-63916-eb5983d848f1-linux.tar.bz2">32bit Linux</a> and <a class="reference external" href="http://buildbot.pypy.org/nightly/release-2.0.x/pypy-c-jit-63916-eb5983d848f1-linux64.tar.bz2">64bit Linux</a>.</p>
 <ul class="simple">
-<li><a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-2.0-linux.tar.bz2">Linux binary (32bit, tar.bz2 built on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS)</a></li>
-<li><a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-2.0-linux64.tar.bz2">Linux binary (64bit, tar.bz2 built on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS)</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-2.0-linux.tar.bz2">Linux binary (32bit, tar.bz2 built on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS)</a> (see <tt class="docutils literal">[1]</tt> below)</li>
+<li><a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-2.0-linux64.tar.bz2">Linux binary (64bit, tar.bz2 built on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS)</a> (see <tt class="docutils literal">[1]</tt> below</li>
 <li><a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-2.0-osx64.tar.bz2">Mac OS/X binary (64bit)</a></li>
 <li><a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-2.0-win32.zip">Windows binary (32bit)</a> (you might need the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5582">VS 2008 runtime library
 installer vcredist_x86.exe</a>.)</li>
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@
 </ul>
 <p>If your CPU is really old, it may not have SSE2.  In this case, you need
 to <a class="reference internal" href="#translate">translate</a> yourself with the option <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--jit-backend=x86-without-sse2</span></tt>.</p>
+<p><tt class="docutils literal">[1]:</tt> stating it again: the Linux binaries are provided for the
+distributions listed here.  <strong>If your distribution is not exactly this
+one, it won't work,</strong> likely, or you need to hack a lot – or you need
+to <a class="reference internal" href="#translate">translate</a> your own version from source – or you need to wait until
+your distribution adds a package, see above – or you can try the
+statically linked versions listed above.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="for-arm-alpha">
 <h1>2.0 for ARM alpha</h1>
diff --git a/source/download.txt b/source/download.txt
--- a/source/download.txt
+++ b/source/download.txt
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
 .. _`32bit Linux`: http://buildbot.pypy.org/nightly/release-2.0.x/pypy-c-jit-63916-eb5983d848f1-linux.tar.bz2
 .. _`64bit Linux`: http://buildbot.pypy.org/nightly/release-2.0.x/pypy-c-jit-63916-eb5983d848f1-linux64.tar.bz2
 
-* `Linux binary (32bit, tar.bz2 built on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS)`__
-* `Linux binary (64bit, tar.bz2 built on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS)`__
+* `Linux binary (32bit, tar.bz2 built on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS)`__ (see ``[1]`` below)
+* `Linux binary (64bit, tar.bz2 built on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS)`__ (see ``[1]`` below
 * `Mac OS/X binary (64bit)`__
 * `Windows binary (32bit)`__ (you might need the `VS 2008 runtime library
   installer vcredist_x86.exe`_.)
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@
 If your CPU is really old, it may not have SSE2.  In this case, you need
 to translate_ yourself with the option ``--jit-backend=x86-without-sse2``.
 
+``[1]:`` stating it again: the Linux binaries are provided for the
+distributions listed here.  **If your distribution is not exactly this
+one, it won't work,** likely, or you need to hack a lot --- or you need
+to translate_ your own version from source --- or you need to wait until
+your distribution adds a package, see above --- or you can try the
+statically linked versions listed above.
+
 2.0 for ARM alpha
 -----------------