From 048dc4e771dbc660e453f9b872938ce46ebacfe6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bryce Mecum Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:29:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add note to windows docs about patch util --- docs/source/developers/cpp/windows.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/source/developers/cpp/windows.rst b/docs/source/developers/cpp/windows.rst index f1281576278..21bde92d0b7 100644 --- a/docs/source/developers/cpp/windows.rst +++ b/docs/source/developers/cpp/windows.rst @@ -327,6 +327,12 @@ The command line to build Arrow in Debug mode will look something like this: -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=C:/local/boost_1_63_0/lib64-msvc-14.0 cmake --build . --config Debug +Depending on the CMake variables or preset you use, you may need to have the +``patch`` utility in your ``PATH``. There are a number of ways to do this. For +example, if you're already using `Git for Windows +`_, you could add ``C:\Program +Files\Git\usr\bin`` to your ``PATH``. + Windows dependency resolution issues ====================================