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authorsimonmar <unknown>2000-07-13 15:44:40 +0000
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[project @ 2000-07-13 15:44:40 by simonmar]
update, and make less GHC-specific
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@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-This is the INSTALL instructions for a binary bundle of the
-Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System. For more details
-on what on earth this package is up to, please consult the README
-and ANNOUNCE.
+This is the INSTALL instructions for a binary distribution of one of
+the fptools projects. For more details on what on earth this package
+is up to, please consult the README and ANNOUNCE.
To start using the bundle, you can either:
@@ -31,13 +30,19 @@ tests should you decide to re-run the script.)
]
Have a look at the Makefile to see if you agree with the information
-therein. If you want to use the bundle in-place, now run `make in-place'.
-If you're installing, `make install' (`make show-install-setup' prints
-the details of where the different pieces of the bundle are heading when
--- possibly helpful).
+therein. If you want to use the bundle in-place, now run:
-For more information, please consult the installation guide in
-{html,dvi,info}/ghc-<version>/installing{.dvi,.info,_toc.html}.
+ make in-place
+
+If you're installing, run
+
+ make install
+
+(`make show-install-setup' prints the details of where the different
+pieces of the bundle are heading when -- possibly helpful).
+
+GHC's installation instructions have more information, check out
+http://www.haskell.org/ghc/documentation.html.
Bug reports/suggestions for improvement to the installation procedure/setup
(as well as other GHC related troubles you're experiencing, of course),