From f6a02a427f6f81e531f05624ee353872e2de7d99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Kelley Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:55:00 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] README: clarify self-hosted status --- README.md | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a19e9eb67a..c1eec599e5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ See https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/Building-Zig-on-Windows *Note: Stage 2 compiler is not complete. Beta users of Zig should use the Stage 1 compiler for now.* -Dependencies are the same as Stage 1, except now you have a working zig compiler. +Dependencies are the same as Stage 1, except now you can use stage 1 to compile +Zig code. ``` bin/zig build --build-file ../build.zig --prefix $(pwd)/stage2 install @@ -183,11 +184,13 @@ binary. ### Stage 3: Rebuild Self-Hosted Zig Using the Self-Hosted Compiler -This is the actual compiler binary that we will install to the system. - *Note: Stage 2 compiler is not yet able to build Stage 3. Building Stage 3 is not yet supported.* +Once the self-hosted compiler can build itself, this will be the actual +compiler binary that we will install to the system. Until then, users should +use stage 1. + #### Debug / Development Build ```