[pypy-svn] r79837 - pypy/trunk/pypy/translator/platform

[danchr at codespeak.net]

Author: danchr
Date: Sun Dec  5 17:08:16 2010
New Revision: 79837

Modified:
   pypy/trunk/pypy/translator/platform/darwin.py
Log:
Add a note explaining why GCC 4.0 is used on Darwin.

Modified: pypy/trunk/pypy/translator/platform/darwin.py
==============================================================================
--- pypy/trunk/pypy/translator/platform/darwin.py	(original)
+++ pypy/trunk/pypy/translator/platform/darwin.py	Sun Dec  5 17:08:16 2010
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
     shared_only = ()
 
     so_ext = 'so'
-    
+
+    # NOTE: GCC 4.2 will fail at runtime due to subtle issues, possibly
+    # related to GC roots. Using LLVM-GCC or Clang will break the build.
     default_cc = 'gcc-4.0'
 
     def __init__(self, cc=None):