From 90474c79300fe3a5dbc370b0b10f91ed9c13b0a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vadim Petrochenkov Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 23:36:48 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Correct Windows build instructions in README.md http://mingw-w64.org/doku.php/download/mingw-builds now provides GCC 5.x as a default version, but avoiding 5.x is exactly the reason why Mingw-builds is recommended instead of MSYS2's own mingw toolchain. One of the 4.9.x versions has to manually chosen during installation. --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4ea6e28546a..2298aeb2fdd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ build. Download [MinGW from here](http://mingw-w64.org/doku.php/download/mingw-builds), and choose the -`threads=win32,exceptions=dwarf/seh` flavor when installing. Also, make sure to install to a path without spaces in it. After installing, +`version=4.9.x,threads=win32,exceptions=dwarf/seh` flavor when installing. Also, make sure to install to a path without spaces in it. After installing, add its `bin` directory to your `PATH`. This is due to [#28260](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/28260), in the future, installing from pacman should be just fine.