From 3890cd32e44e6aead91be948054ec9debb3af57c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 14:28:39 -0400 Subject: Updated FAQ.md on dependency compile errors. Describe how to identify and download revisions rather than relying on tags, which will be removed. --- FAQ.md | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 05c1e4b9..641d71c9 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -56,19 +56,21 @@ obscure errors in the `scintilla/term/`, `gtdialog/`, or `scintillua/` directories. What happened? **A:** -Some of the dependencies Textadept downloads are the latest archives in their -respective version control repositories. Occasionally there are compile-time -incompatibilities with these "bleeding-edge" downloads. The solution is to go to -the appropriate repository and download the archive tagged for the version of -Textadept you downloaded. +Prior to Textadept 7.5, some of the dependencies Textadept downloads are the +latest archives in their respective version control repositories. Occasionally +there are compile-time incompatibilities with these "bleeding-edge" downloads. +The solution is to go to the appropriate repository, identify the last revision +whose date is before the release date of your Textadept version, and download +the archive for that revision. For example, if you have Textadept 7.1 and cannot build the terminal version due to a file in the `scintilla/term/` directory, go to [scinterm hg][] and look for -the "for\_textadept\_7.1" tag, click on it, download the [zip][], and replace -the problematic file. +the revision before 11 November 2013 (which happens to be [changeset 60][] from +23 October 2013), click on it, download the zip from the link near the top of +the page, and replace the problematic file. [scinterm hg]: http://foicica.com/hg/scinterm -[zip]: http://foicica.com/hg/scinterm/archive/ea13ae30cfab.zip +[changeset 60]: http://foicica.com/hg/scinterm/rev/ea13ae30cfab - - - -- cgit v1.2.3