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@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ changes are continually making the VS support better.</p>
   not need them and the pre-generated files that come with the source tree
   will be used.</p>
 
+  <p>
+  Do not install the LLVM directory tree into a path containing spaces (e.g.
+  C:\Documents and Settings\...) as the configure step will fail.</p>
+
 </div>
 
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