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| author | simonmar <unknown> | 2005-03-31 08:46:05 +0000 |
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| committer | simonmar <unknown> | 2005-03-31 08:46:05 +0000 |
| commit | d63bd45eb342eed90573f48b2b66edd9b08377b8 (patch) | |
| tree | 6731ebfb7f1e6e39d7143ffc957e5a285b575a65 | |
| parent | 6df96e7212debd7e9c9cf7b4b6ab3ad336bf3a5c (diff) | |
| download | haskell-d63bd45eb342eed90573f48b2b66edd9b08377b8.tar.gz | |
[project @ 2005-03-31 08:46:05 by simonmar]
Note change in behaviour of ghc -M: all modules must now have source files
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diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.xml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.xml index cae8d352fc..97fe772b2c 100644 --- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.xml +++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.xml @@ -922,6 +922,14 @@ M.o : X.hi-boot <command>ghc</command> traces the dependencies, just like <command>ghc --make</command> (a new feature in GHC 6.4).</para> + <para>Note that <literal>ghc -M</literal> needs to find a <emphasis>source + file</emphasis> for each module in the dependency graph, so that it can + parse the import declarations and follow dependencies. Any pre-compiled + modules without source files must therefore belong to a + package<footnote><para>This is a change in behaviour relative to 6.2 and + earlier.</para> + </footnote>.</para> + <para>By default, <command>ghc -M</command> generates all the dependencies, and then concatenates them onto the end of <filename>makefile</filename> (or |