From 4e5c0e83d6f87822aa70161031c06448c8923977 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: daira <>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:48:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] document compiler dependency; also, Python 2.6 is no longer
 supported for Windows

[Imported from Trac: page AdvancedInstall, version 59]
---
 AdvancedInstall.md | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/AdvancedInstall.md b/AdvancedInstall.md
index a7a24f6..e5a0fb2 100644
--- a/AdvancedInstall.md
+++ b/AdvancedInstall.md
@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ itself is pure-python and therefore does not require a distinct compile step,
 the mechanics that make it easy to run-in-place do require a setup phase. In
 addition, Tahoe-LAFS uses several third-party python libraries to work its magic,
 many of which are unlikely to be just "lying around" and already installed.
-Several of these use compiled C code, so they **do** require a compile
-step.
+Several of these use compiled C code; they **do** require a compile step, but
+only where precompiled "egg" distributions are not available for your platform.
+Compiling these requires a working C compiler (probably gcc on Unix platforms)
+to be installed.
 
 `python setup.py build` will download and build any third-party libraries that
 are not already available on your system. It will also prepare the source
@@ -309,7 +311,7 @@ Note that this assumes that you install Python in the default location (C:\Pytho
 [=#point9.4.1]
 ==== What if that doesn't work? ====
 
-The build or install steps could result in an error that says a compiler is needed. If this happens and you are using Python 2.6 or Python 2.7, it is a packaging bug that should be reported to the tahoe-dev list. If you are using a different version of Python or want to compile the C/C++ components yourself, install the MinGW C/C++ compiler as follows (this only works for 32-bit Windows):
+The build or install steps could result in an error that says a compiler is needed. If this happens and you are using Python 2.7, it is a packaging bug that should be reported to the tahoe-dev list. If you are using a different version of Python or want to compile the C/C++ components yourself, install the MinGW C/C++ compiler as follows (this only works for 32-bit Windows):
 
 1. Download and install MinGW from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/ (the main installer linked from the big green download button). The installer will prompt you for what components to install. You need the base components plus g++.