From dad75295b975ff83b0601472ae03e48c1fdcce90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Lyon Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:14:56 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] README: clarify which versions of the Rust compiler work --- README.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 70c004b3d..9b1cf13d0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ Rust Version ------------ uutils follows Rust's release channels and is tested against stable, beta and nightly. -To check which one is the latest stable version of Rust visit [Rust's releases page](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/releases). +The current oldest supported version of the Rust compiler is `1.22.0`, but `1.20.0` is +known to work as well (test failures when compiling with `1.20.0` are due to the tests +themselves being broken by a change in the compiler). -On Windows, only the nightly version is tested currently. +On both Windows and Redox, only the nightly version is tested currently. Build Instructions ------------------