From 80f21b9446c9f23fee911cb8122dd0f648e2e2b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Boris Kolpackov Date: Sat, 27 May 2017 08:59:00 +0200 Subject: Add note on matching toolchain/utils width (required by MSYS2 BLODA workaround) --- BOOTSTRAP-WINDOWS.cli | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/BOOTSTRAP-WINDOWS.cli b/BOOTSTRAP-WINDOWS.cli index 7e0db13..7aaafd6 100644 --- a/BOOTSTRAP-WINDOWS.cli +++ b/BOOTSTRAP-WINDOWS.cli @@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ If you don't already have a suitable C++ compiler, then you can use the (see the \c{README} file inside for details). If used, then it should be unpacked into the same directory as \c{build2-baseutils}. -Note also that it is strongly recommended that you use 64-bit (x86_64) -versions of the \c{baseutils} and \c{mingw} packages if running 64-bit -Windows. +Note also that you \i{must} match the width (32/64-bit) of the toolchain build +to the \c{baseutils} and \c{mingw} packages. They must all be 32-bit or all +64-bit. If you are running 64-bit Windows, it is strongly recommended that you +build the 64-bit (x86_64) version of the toolchain as well as use the 64-bit +versions of the \c{baseutils} and \c{mingw} packages. To bootstrap on Windows with either MSVC or MinGW start with the following common steps: -- cgit v1.1