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| author | Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li> | 2008-09-26 12:44:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li> | 2008-09-26 12:44:25 +0000 |
| commit | 85d3c9b8acd75c9bba47246580dedee6e90e3527 (patch) | |
| tree | 79faa559eab482b7333b6b0572442deeb42a3348 /docs | |
| parent | 53631ec612629ad27826243d281e567c690b2051 (diff) | |
| download | haskell-85d3c9b8acd75c9bba47246580dedee6e90e3527.tar.gz | |
Improve runghc docs; fixes trac #2477
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/runghc.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/runghc.xml b/docs/users_guide/runghc.xml index 352a4965e0..4a6640c708 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/runghc.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/runghc.xml @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ <para>The runghc commandline looks like:</para> <screen> -runghc [runghc flags] [GHC flags] module [program flags] +runghc [runghc flags] [GHC flags] module [program args] </screen> <para>The only runghc flag currently is <literal>-f /path/to/ghc</literal>, @@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ runghc [runghc flags] [GHC flags] module [program flags] <literal>--</literal> flag if it doesn't get it right. For example, <literal>runghc -- -fglasgow-exts Foo</literal> means runghc won't try to use <literal>glasgow-exts</literal> as the path to GHC, - but instead will pass the flag to GHC. + but instead will pass the flag to GHC. If a GHC flag doesn't start + with a dash then you need to prefix it with + <literal>--ghc-arg=</literal> or runghc will think that it is the + program to run, e.g. + <literal>runghc -package-conf --ghc-arg=foo.conf Main.hs</literal>. </para> </sect1> |