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authorSegev Finer <segev208@gmail.com>2018-03-01 18:33:14 +0200
committerSegev Finer <segev208@gmail.com>2018-03-01 18:33:14 +0200
commit5332d9a8e8a66e22b8c81f3f302ce72734ba137f (patch)
tree2501e65372e3c3fc0722a280c8bf237c69f2b7ac /src
parent39d0b054cea73614a0c1dd06cd98d3d22eea6b10 (diff)
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Document why we download rust-mingw
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-rw-r--r--src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py3
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diff --git a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
index 761cc94c8c6..5d297570bc1 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
+++ b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
@@ -351,6 +351,9 @@ class RustBuild(object):
             with open(self.rustc_stamp(), 'w') as rust_stamp:
                 rust_stamp.write(self.date)
 
+            # This is required so that we don't mix incompatible MinGW
+            # libraries/binaries that are included in rust-std with
+            # the system MinGW ones.
             if "pc-windows-gnu" in self.build:
                 filename = "rust-mingw-{}-{}.tar.gz".format(
                     rustc_channel, self.build)