diff options
| author | simonmar <unknown> | 2003-02-17 11:26:43 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | simonmar <unknown> | 2003-02-17 11:26:43 +0000 |
| commit | 6d5de40d6a68dae25cdd4a6f4719cfa3c88caa99 (patch) | |
| tree | ae5911b6b4ebc72025645ad493f26c0f7e4a4c3e /docs/building | |
| parent | 9eb4c7200cd0b8a77cbb10c71cb342bd83bd54ad (diff) | |
| download | haskell-6d5de40d6a68dae25cdd4a6f4719cfa3c88caa99.tar.gz | |
[project @ 2003-02-17 11:26:43 by simonmar]
GHC is pre-supposed in order to build GHC. We weren't making this
nearly as explicit as it should have been.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/building')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/building/building.sgml | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/building/building.sgml b/docs/building/building.sgml index f32c420000..c08ac39373 100644 --- a/docs/building/building.sgml +++ b/docs/building/building.sgml @@ -1142,6 +1142,23 @@ $ cvs checkout nofib/spectral <variablelist> <varlistentry> + <term>GHC</term> + <indexterm><primary>pre-supposed: GHC</primary></indexterm> + <indexterm><primary>GHC, pre-supposed</primary></indexterm> + <listitem> + <para>GHC is required to build many of the tools, including + GHC itself. If you need to port GHC to your platform + because there isn't a binary distribution of GHC available, + then see <xref linkend="sec-porting-ghc">.</para> + + <para>Which version of GHC you need will depend on the + packages you intend to build. GHC itself will normally + build using one of several older versions of itself - check + the announcement or release notes for details.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term>Perl</term> <indexterm><primary>pre-supposed: Perl</primary></indexterm> <indexterm><primary>Perl, pre-supposed</primary></indexterm> |