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diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/installing.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/installing.sgml index 0028005eb5..80ff08629d 100644 --- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/installing.sgml +++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/installing.sgml @@ -1033,10 +1033,7 @@ of perl instead, a <ULink URL="http://cygutils.netpedia.net/">cygwin port</ULink <Title>Building the documentation</Title> <Para> -We use the DocBook DTD, which is widely used; however, shrink-wrapped -distributions of DocBook are few and far between, and getting it to work out -of the box can be tricky. There are currently three supported ways of using -DocBook: installing from sources yourself, various flavours of RPM installation, and installing binaries on Windows (with some care). +We use the DocBook DTD, which is widely used. Most shrink-wrapped distributions seem to be broken in one way or another; thanks to heroic efforts by Sven Panne and Manuel Chakravarty, we now support most of them, plus properly installed versions. </Para> <Para> @@ -1138,12 +1135,7 @@ entities</ULink> into <Filename>/usr/[local/]lib/sgml</Filename>. <Title>Configuring the DocBook tools</Title> <Para> -You should either edit one of the <Filename>CATALOG</Filename> files in -<Filename>fptools/glafp-utils/docbook</Filename> to suit your system, or set <Constant>SGML_CATALOG_FILES</Constant> to point to a valid catalog. SuSE systems should work out of the box. <Filename>CATALOG.generic</Filename> should work on most Unix systems when the files have been installed as per these instructions; <Filename>CATALOG.cygnus</Filename> is for systems with the Cygnus DocBook tools. <Filename>CATALOG.windows</Filename> is for Windows systems following the special instructions for that special OS. You may need to edit the paths so they match your system. The edited file should be called <Filename>CATALOG</Filename>, and placed in the same directory. -</Para> - -<Para> -One day there will be properly-working DocBook distributions everywhere and the world will be a better and a quieter place, whose people will have more time for interesting things. +Once the DocBook tools are installed, the configure script will detect them and set up the build system accordingly. If you have a system that isn't supported, let us know, and we'll try to help. </Para> </Sect2> |