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authorJean-Baptiste Queru <jbq@google.com>2012-05-29 13:46:53 -0700
committerAndroid Git Automerger <android-git-automerger@android.com>2012-05-29 13:46:53 -0700
commita175a75f85f090ef879221fe66660cc0bfd752ea (patch)
treea5e8a25f38c2ff5a55ecab9f6be555086fc25c3a
parent5b81f55d132a06b7bad1e32c64d29fbe886fb362 (diff)
parentd5008146e1f96bf367824110b373a6179cd09e2b (diff)
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am d5008146: Merge "Clarify the requirement for 64-bit systems"
* commit 'd5008146e1f96bf367824110b373a6179cd09e2b': Clarify the requirement for 64-bit systems
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@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ Ubuntu LTS (10.04), but most distributions should have the required
build tools available. Reports of successes or failures on other
distributions are welcome.
+For Gingerbread (2.3.x) and newer versions, including the master
+branch, a 64-bit environment is required. Older versions can be
+compiled on 32-bit systems.
+
*Note: It is also possible to build Android in a virtual machine.
If you are running Linux in a virtual machine, you will need at
least 16GB of RAM/swap and 30GB or more of disk space in order to