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| author | João Reis <reis@janeasystems.com> | 2017-11-14 02:44:25 +0000 |
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| committer | João Reis <reis@janeasystems.com> | 2017-11-17 17:41:20 +0000 |
| commit | d8debd8448a1d325a564c42e5639655973b7641b (patch) | |
| tree | 671ff3ceb9c68319c4d972a2300b3bc9efab6e21 /BUILDING.md | |
| parent | 9b4ab1452da677fe6979de336a0f157ba1c2f528 (diff) | |
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doc,win: clarify WSL support
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/13471
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17008
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Hitesh Kanwathirtha <hiteshk@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md index 52c11aa08e..cd819b4b47 100644 --- a/BUILDING.md +++ b/BUILDING.md @@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ note1 - The gcc4.8-libs package needs to be installed, because node In "Git bash" if you call the node shell alias (`node` without the `.exe` extension), `winpty` is used automatically. +The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is not directly supported, but the +GNU/Linux build process and binaries should work. The community will only +address issues that reproduce on native GNU/Linux systems. Issues that only +reproduce on WSL should be reported in the +[WSL issue tracker](https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues). Running the +Windows binary (`node.exe`) in WSL is not recommended, and will not work +without adjustment (such as stdio redirection). + ### Supported toolchains Depending on host platform, the selection of toolchains may vary. |