Update instructions according to Dave Abrahams

instructions.

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@@ -1030,6 +1030,9 @@ for Distutils (see section~\ref{config-files}.)
 
 \subsubsection{GNU C / Cygwin / MinGW}
 
+These instructions only apply if you're using a version of Python prior 
+to 2.4.1 with a MinGW prior to 3.0.0 (with binutils-2.13.90-20030111-1).
+
 This section describes the necessary steps to use Distutils with the
 GNU C/\Cpp{} compilers in their Cygwin and MinGW
 distributions.\footnote{Check