# HG changeset patch # User Armin Rigo <arigo@tunes.org> # Date 1368167567 -7200 # Fri May 10 08:32:47 2013 +0200 # Branch extradoc # Node ID cd394cf74d5778344f3b397989ca1c897632ba8a # Parent b1ffdfd4d690a678d945ab4827cc81a7f5c0336b Write even more clearly that Linux binary etc. diff --git a/download.html b/download.html --- a/download.html +++ b/download.html @@ -76,18 +76,21 @@ </div> <div class="section" id="id1"> <h1>2.0</h1> -<p>Note that linux binaries are dynamically linked and might not be usable due -to a sad story of linux binary compatibility. We recommend either building from +<p>Note that Linux binaries are dynamically linked, as is usual, and thus might +not be usable due to the sad story of linux binary compatibility. This means +that <strong>Linux binaries are only usable on the distributions written next to +them</strong> unless you're ready to hack your system by adding symlinks to the +libraries it tries to open. In general, we recommend either building from source or downloading your PyPy from your release vendor. <a class="reference external" href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/raring/pypy">Ubuntu</a> (<a class="reference external" href="https://launchpad.net/~pypy/+archive/ppa">PPA</a>), <a class="reference external" href="http://packages.debian.org/experimental/pypy">Debian</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula/pypy.rb">Homebrew</a>, <a class="reference external" href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PyPyStack">Fedora</a>, <a class="reference external" href="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/pypy">Gentoo</a> and <a class="reference external" href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PyPy">Arch</a> are known to package PyPy, with various degrees of being up-to-date. If you feel -like trying a statically linked binary (which we do not recommend using +like trying a more statically linked binary (which we do not recommend using in production due to potential future security issues), you can find <a class="reference external" href="http://buildbot.pypy.org/nightly/release-2.0.x/pypy-c-jit-63916-eb5983d848f1-linux.tar.bz2">32bit Linux</a> and <a class="reference external" href="http://buildbot.pypy.org/nightly/release-2.0.x/pypy-c-jit-63916-eb5983d848f1-linux64.tar.bz2">64bit Linux</a>.</p> <ul class="simple"> -<li><a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-2.0-linux.tar.bz2">Linux binary (32bit, tar.bz2 tested on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04)</a></li> -<li><a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-2.0-linux64.tar.bz2">Linux binary (64bit, tar.bz2 tested on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS)</a></li> +<li><a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-2.0-linux.tar.bz2">Linux binary (32bit, tar.bz2 built on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04)</a></li> +<li><a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-2.0-linux64.tar.bz2">Linux binary (64bit, tar.bz2 built on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS)</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-2.0-osx64.tar.bz2">Mac OS/X binary (64bit)</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-2.0-win32.zip">Windows binary (32bit)</a> (you might need the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5582">VS 2008 runtime library installer vcredist_x86.exe</a>.)</li> diff --git a/source/download.txt b/source/download.txt --- a/source/download.txt +++ b/source/download.txt @@ -48,13 +48,16 @@ 2.0 --- -Note that linux binaries are dynamically linked and might not be usable due -to a sad story of linux binary compatibility. We recommend either building from +Note that Linux binaries are dynamically linked, as is usual, and thus might +not be usable due to the sad story of linux binary compatibility. This means +that **Linux binaries are only usable on the distributions written next to +them** unless you're ready to hack your system by adding symlinks to the +libraries it tries to open. In general, we recommend either building from source or downloading your PyPy from your release vendor. `Ubuntu`_ (`PPA`_), `Debian`_, `Homebrew`_, `Fedora`_, `Gentoo`_ and `Arch`_ are known to package PyPy, with various degrees of being up-to-date. If you feel -like trying a statically linked binary (which we do not recommend using +like trying a more statically linked binary (which we do not recommend using in production due to potential future security issues), you can find `32bit Linux`_ and `64bit Linux`_. @@ -68,8 +71,8 @@ .. _`32bit Linux`: http://buildbot.pypy.org/nightly/release-2.0.x/pypy-c-jit-63916-eb5983d848f1-linux.tar.bz2 .. _`64bit Linux`: http://buildbot.pypy.org/nightly/release-2.0.x/pypy-c-jit-63916-eb5983d848f1-linux64.tar.bz2 -* `Linux binary (32bit, tar.bz2 tested on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04)`__ -* `Linux binary (64bit, tar.bz2 tested on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS)`__ +* `Linux binary (32bit, tar.bz2 built on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04)`__ +* `Linux binary (64bit, tar.bz2 built on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS)`__ * `Mac OS/X binary (64bit)`__ * `Windows binary (32bit)`__ (you might need the `VS 2008 runtime library installer vcredist_x86.exe`_.)