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authorAlex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>2016-12-29 17:26:14 -0800
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2016-12-29 17:26:14 -0800
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parent273cc30fb24cafef9bee3163b6f53fad60880b62 (diff)
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Rollup merge of #38517 - frewsxcv:clarify-msys2-dependencies, r=alexcrichton
Clarify phrasing of MSYS2 dependencies in README.md.

Fixes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/36115.
-rw-r--r--README.md5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2133b17de0f..c1218e9c600 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ build.
    # Install build tools needed for Rust. If you're building a 32-bit compiler,
    # then replace "x86_64" below with "i686". If you've already got git, python,
    # or CMake installed and in PATH you can remove them from this list. Note
-   # that it is important that the `python2` and `cmake` packages **not** used.
-   # The build has historically been known to fail with these packages.
+   # that it is important that you do **not** use the 'python2' and 'cmake'
+   # packages from the 'msys2' subsystem. The build has historically been known
+   # to fail with these packages.
    $ pacman -S git \
                make \
                diffutils \