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authorAndreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>2017-01-13 11:18:43 +0100
committerAndreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>2017-01-13 12:07:37 +0100
commite142f4c371adebb2eee426ac207f811ed0f0bd99 (patch)
tree6d3ea76300be8a936cc7cf51a078987914260c9f /tools
parent922f9c4b856a50ea79bcf94b296bdf91fd371e52 (diff)
downloadNim-e142f4c371adebb2eee426ac207f811ed0f0bd99.tar.gz
finish tool: slightly more informative error message
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diff --git a/tools/finish.nim b/tools/finish.nim
index afb3d9fc1..fffc7bf47 100644
--- a/tools/finish.nim
+++ b/tools/finish.nim
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ proc main() =
         if incompat.len > 0:
           echo "The following *incompatible* MingW installations exist"
           for x in incompat: echo x
+          echo "*incompatible* means Nim and GCC disagree on the size of a pointer."
         echo "No compatible MingW candidates found " &
              "in the standard locations [Error]"
       else: