diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bf9b523a13..d26d8531e4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# on trusty:
+#/usr/bin/ld: cdebug_zlib-cdebug.o(.debug_info+0x53): reloc against `.debug_str': error 2
+#/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output
+#clang-5.0: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
+dist: precise
+
 language: c
 sudo: false
 compiler: