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| author | Vadim Chugunov <vadimcn@gmail.com> | 2015-11-01 12:02:19 -0800 |
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| committer | Vadim Chugunov <vadimcn@gmail.com> | 2015-11-01 12:41:32 -0800 |
| commit | ab10cb7443f6c3fd5faf8dcaaf6483833aedced0 (patch) | |
| tree | 50d5dd70c4af26a5239814cae8815cbd7638da66 /README.md | |
| parent | 71409184dc00604537ce03312dc17ba986c329d9 (diff) | |
| download | rust-ab10cb7443f6c3fd5faf8dcaaf6483833aedced0.tar.gz | |
Clarify Windows gcc setup instructions.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index acd9cb6afc8..9675bc89bf9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Read ["Installing Rust"] from [The Book]. # Update package mirrors (may be needed if you have a fresh install of MSYS2) $ pacman -Sy pacman-mirrors - # Choose one based on platform: + # Choose one based on platform: (+++ see the note below +++) $ pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-toolchain $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain @@ -89,9 +89,12 @@ Read ["Installing Rust"] from [The Book]. ``` > ***Note:*** gcc versions >= 5 currently have issues building LLVM on Windows > resulting in a segmentation fault when building Rust. In order to avoid this -> it may be necessary to obtain an earlier version of gcc such as 4.9.x. -> Installers for earlier Windows builds of gcc are available at the -> [Mingw-Builds] project. For more information on this see issue #28260. +> it may be necessary to obtain an earlier version of gcc such as 4.9.x. +> Msys's `pacman` will install the latest version, so for the time being it is +> recommended to skip gcc toolchain installation step above and use [Mingw-Builds] +> project's installer instead. Be sure to add gcc `bin` directory to the path +> before running `configure`. +> For more information on this see issue #28260. [Mingw-Builds]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/ |