Merge pull request #313 from bobsummerwill/master

Added warning around cpp-ethereum PPAs (which are currently broken)
ethereum · Aug 31, 2016 · 7a1f22c · 7a1f22c
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diff --git a/source/ethereum-clients/cpp-ethereum/building-from-source/linux.rst b/source/ethereum-clients/cpp-ethereum/building-from-source/linux.rst
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+.. _Building Linux from source:
 
 ################################################################################
 Building for Linux

diff --git a/source/ethereum-clients/cpp-ethereum/installing-binaries/linux-ubuntu-ppa.rst b/source/ethereum-clients/cpp-ethereum/installing-binaries/linux-ubuntu-ppa.rst
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 Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package Archive)
 ================================================================================
 
+**NOTE - At the time of writing (31st August 2016), the PPAs are broken,
+following significant repository reorganizations and a change of automation
+process.  We have not hooked the PPA generation steps back together
+yet, though this will happen in the very near future.  In the meantime,
+please follow the** :ref:`Building Linux from source` **instructions.**
+
 We have set up PPA instances for the following Ubuntu versions:
 
 - `Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (14.04) <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr>`_