diff options
| author | Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li> | 2009-10-12 09:43:25 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li> | 2009-10-12 09:43:25 +0000 |
| commit | 383e71451b12d29a9b0d63fe37ce8bb7ffa87a8b (patch) | |
| tree | 299baf018d5202a781a336802821b11081bce2db /README | |
| parent | 59b5af28d51688dc6afc410383c3f8fb7565196e (diff) | |
| download | haskell-383e71451b12d29a9b0d63fe37ce8bb7ffa87a8b.tar.gz | |
Update the README instructions for getting the source
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 41 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 21 deletions
@@ -21,27 +21,32 @@ There are two ways to get a source tree: 1. Download source tarballs --------------------------- - The GHC source distribution comes in two parts: + Download the GHC source distribution: ghc-<version>-src.tar.bz2 - ghc-<version>-src-extralibs.tar.bz2 - You only need the first one, which contains GHC itself and - the "boot" libraries. + which contains GHC itself and the "boot" libraries. - The extralibs package contains a bunch of optional libraries. If - you want, you can unpack this over the top of your source tree, and - these extra libraries will be built and installed automatically. - Make sure you unpack the extralibs package before running configure - (see below). + 2. Check out the source code from darcs + --------------------------------------- - If you don't build extralibs now, you can add them later by building - and installing individual packages using Cabal. + The recommended way to get a darcs checkout is to start off by + downloading a snapshot with a name like: - 2. Get the source from darcs - ---------------------------- + ghc-HEAD-2009-09-09-ghc-corelibs-testsuite.tar.bz2 - First get the GHC darcs repository: + from: + + http://darcs.haskell.org/ + + and then untar it and bring it up-to-date with: + + $ cd ghc + $ ./darcs-all get + + + Alternatively you can use darcs to get the repos, but it will take a + lot longer. First get the GHC darcs repository: $ darcs get http://darcs.haskell.org/ghc/ @@ -52,13 +57,7 @@ There are two ways to get a source tree: $ chmod +x darcs-all $ ./darcs-all get - This grabs the "boot" packages by default. To get the full set of - packages, instead say - - $ ./darcs-all --extra get - - This also downloads the libraries that are normally bundled in the - "extralibs" package (see above). + This checks out the "boot" packages. Building & Installing |