From ee24add8a0539145241b1a60bedce1c5db098aa5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bryce Van Dyk Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 21:52:17 +1300 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update readme to reflect #28260 and a workaround --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a040ff0921a..dc25d1a15bc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ Read ["Installing Rust"] from [The Book]. $ ./configure $ make && make install ``` +> ***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. + +[Mingw-Builds]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/ ## Building Documentation From a17d77b7f26119fb46f25559762267b24f79377a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bryce Van Dyk Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:13:01 +1300 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Reference #28260 in the README --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index dc25d1a15bc..7bde184123c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Read ["Installing Rust"] from [The Book]. > 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. +> [Mingw-Builds] project. For more information on this see issue #28260. [Mingw-Builds]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/