Add note about gcc-2.8.1 setting sys.maxint to -1 on 64-bit IRIX.

diff --git a/README b/README
index 8807473ec15b8b8700f151d0b6f20e1b8ad80cf2..352588df03165bdbcaa5ab74b2af5981d7066b62 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -305,6 +305,10 @@ SGI:       SGI's standard "make" utility (/bin/make or /usr/bin/make)
        without optimization.  The bug is fixed in version 7.2.1 of
        the compiler.
 
+       A bug in gcc-2.8.1 sets sys.maxint to -1 which *also* seems to
+       break Modules/pypcre.c.  The egcs versions of gcc fix this
+       problem.  (Raj Srinivasan)
+
 OS/2:   If you are running Warp3 or Warp4 and have IBM's VisualAge C/C++
         compiler installed, just change into the pc\os2vacpp directory
         and type NMAKE.  Threading and sockets are supported by default