From: Zooko O'Whielacronx zooko@zooko.com <zooko@zooko.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:26:56 +0000 (+0530)
Subject: zfec: add note to README about conflict with older versions of setuptools
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zfec: add note to README about conflict with older versions of setuptools

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diff --git a/zfec/README.txt b/zfec/README.txt
index a5e7648..c08543e 100644
--- a/zfec/README.txt
+++ b/zfec/README.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ directory so that you can explicitly manage it (perhaps by using the "GNU
 stow") tool, then give it these arguments: "python ./setup.py install
 --prefix=. --root=$specificdirectory".
 
+Note: the installation script conflicts with setuptools with version number
+earlier than 0.6c3.  (Such a version of setuptools is available in Ubuntu
+6.06 LTS Dapper.)  If you have such a conflicting version of setuptools, you
+can either upgrade to a newer version of setuptools, or simply uninstall that
+old, conflicting version.
+
 
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