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diff --git a/doc/build-windows.md b/doc/build-windows.md index 9549a4b9da..ce837a222a 100644 --- a/doc/build-windows.md +++ b/doc/build-windows.md @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Below are some notes on how to build Bitcoin Core for Windows. Most developers use cross-compilation from Ubuntu to build executables for Windows. This is also used to build the release binaries. +Currently only building on Ubuntu Trusty 14.04 is supported. +Other versions are unsupported or known to be broken (e.g. Ubuntu Xenial 16.04). + While there are potentially a number of ways to build on Windows (for example using msys / mingw-w64), using the Windows Subsystem For Linux is the most straightforward. If you are building with another method, please contribute the instructions here for others who are running versions @@ -59,6 +62,8 @@ A host toolchain (`build-essential`) is necessary because some dependency packages (such as `protobuf`) need to build host utilities that are used in the build process. +See also: [dependencies.md](dependencies.md). + ## Building for 64-bit Windows To build executables for Windows 64-bit, install the following dependencies: |