note hp-ux borkage.

diff --git a/README b/README
index b1050558ea8e1aa842439e5148cf18ebe129d17b..c263936b72cac09ee4aea13128be5132e3ed7675 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -369,7 +369,10 @@ AIX:       A complete overhaul of the shared library support is now in
 HP-UX: When using threading, you may have to add -D_REENTRANT to the
        OPT variable in the top-level Makefile; reported by Pat Knight,
        this seems to make a difference (at least for HP-UX 10.20)
-       even though pyconfig.h defines it.
+       even though pyconfig.h defines it. There appears to be a problem
+       with HP-UX's interactions with autoconf that causes breakage.
+       The workaround is to edit the generated pyconfig.h after running
+       configure - see http://www.python.org/2.3.1/bugs.html for details.
 
 HP PA-RISC 2.0: A recent bug report (http://www.python.org/sf/546117)
        suggests that the C compiler in this 64-bit system has bugs