From 7cc6445a7a3d456d4ed41ba514c11a02faddf0c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Moore Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 19:09:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add a clarifying note to the pip download docs --- docs/html/cli/pip_download.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/html/cli/pip_download.rst b/docs/html/cli/pip_download.rst index 4f15314d765..f1fe1769ee7 100644 --- a/docs/html/cli/pip_download.rst +++ b/docs/html/cli/pip_download.rst @@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ match the constraint of the current interpreter (but not your target one), it is recommended to specify all of these options if you are specifying one of them. Generic dependencies (e.g. universal wheels, or dependencies with no platform, abi, or implementation constraints) will still match an over- -constrained download requirement. +constrained download requirement. If some of your dependencies are not +available as binaries, you can build them manually for your target platform +and let pip download know where to find them using ``--find-links``.