zfec: add note to README about conflict with older versions of setuptools

darcs-hash:f5e18af1eb071963ea4c2f0c506659406d753276

diff --git a/zfec/README.txt b/zfec/README.txt
index a5e7648b8e138bcab0bd913c1a728fff742ead10..c08543e29cc1dc37cbecc31cd1b043c5657a46f7 100644 (file)
--- 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.
+
 
  * Community