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@@ -175,6 +175,20 @@ recipe.
         - jgen = gridtk.script.jgen:main
     ```
 
+---
+**NOTE**
+
+  If your conda package runs only on linux, please add this recipe under build:
+
+
+    ```yaml
+    build:
+       skip: true  # [not linux]
+    ```
+
+---
+
+
 ### BUILD_DEPS and HOST_DEPS in requirements.
 
 This part of the recipe lists the packages that are required during build time: