[Python-checkins] devguide: Make the compiler statement more generic.
antoine.pitrou
python-checkins at python.org
Mon Jan 24 01:05:58 CET 2011
antoine.pitrou pushed 35eaa2a416e0 to devguide:
http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/35eaa2a416e0
changeset: 193:35eaa2a416e0
user: Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>
date: Mon Jan 24 01:02:56 2011 +0100
summary:
Make the compiler statement more generic.
files:
setup.rst
diff --git a/setup.rst b/setup.rst
--- a/setup.rst
+++ b/setup.rst
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@
Build dependencies
''''''''''''''''''
-The core CPython interpreter only needs a C compiler to build itself (both
-clang_ and gcc_ are known to work).
+The core CPython interpreter only needs a C compiler to build itself; if
+you get compile errors with a C89 or C99-compliant compiler, please `open a
+bug report <http://bugs.python.org>`_.
However, some of the extension modules will need development headers
for additional libraries (such as the ``zlib`` library for compression).
Depending on what you intend to work on, you might need to install these
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@
.. _clang: http://clang.llvm.org/
-.. _gcc: http://gcc.gnu.org/
UNIX
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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/devguide
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