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| author | Simon Marlow <simonmar@microsoft.com> | 2007-09-04 10:06:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Simon Marlow <simonmar@microsoft.com> | 2007-09-04 10:06:23 +0000 |
| commit | fa92f5d1bd8ac27780a3e7b1a2d536b7eb76235b (patch) | |
| tree | d079dc8d6761fe0c74ed551cbe86dfdb19d1a8ea | |
| parent | bcf84370d520d4cfe3fe55173464c5de110e5b83 (diff) | |
| download | haskell-fa92f5d1bd8ac27780a3e7b1a2d536b7eb76235b.tar.gz | |
OPTIONS_GHC overrides the command-line, not the other way around
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/using.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/using.xml b/docs/users_guide/using.xml index 9df6eb50b6..f361548877 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/using.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/using.xml @@ -73,10 +73,9 @@ module X where maintains internally, so you'll be desperately disappointed if you try to glob etc. inside <literal>OPTIONS_GHC</literal>.</para> - <para>NOTE: the contents of OPTIONS_GHC are prepended to the - command-line options, so you <emphasis>do</emphasis> have the - ability to override OPTIONS_GHC settings via the command - line.</para> + <para>NOTE: the contents of OPTIONS_GHC are appended to the + command-line options, so options given in the source file + override those given on the command-line.</para> <para>It is not recommended to move all the contents of your Makefiles into your source files, but in some circumstances, the |