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authorIan Lynagh <igloo@earth.li>2007-04-30 11:35:19 +0000
committerIan Lynagh <igloo@earth.li>2007-04-30 11:35:19 +0000
commit63cddb36f1dd2e3e41274f494873a62921d3f787 (patch)
tree31810a9bee6e0f8b8fbf2144bb2052cc4fef9550 /README
parent6c796d2375238942c0b903e028181ea92727abc4 (diff)
downloadhaskell-63cddb36f1dd2e3e41274f494873a62921d3f787.tar.gz
Make boot handle getting the libraries
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@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ There are two ways to get a source tree:
to get the other repositories:
$ cd ghc
- $ chmod +x darcs-all
- $ ./darcs-all get
+ $ chmod +x boot
+ $ ./boot
This grabs the "core" packages by default. To get the full set of
packages, instead say
- $ ./darcs-all --extra get
+ $ ./boot --extra
This also downloads the libraries that are normally bundled in the
"extralibs" package (see above).
@@ -76,15 +76,10 @@ XML toolchain if you want to build the compiler documentation.
Quick start: the following gives you a default build:
- $ sh boot
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install
-The "sh boot" step is only necessary if this is a tree checked out
-from darcs. For source distributions downloaded from GHC's web site,
-this step has already been performed.
-
These steps give you the default build, which includes everything
optimised and built in various ways (eg. profiling libs are built).
It can take a long time. To customise the build, see the file