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author | Matthew Pickering <matthewtpickering@gmail.com> | 2018-12-16 08:58:41 +0000 |
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committer | Matthew Pickering <matthewtpickering@gmail.com> | 2019-01-09 14:32:21 +0000 |
commit | 6486c6e49c53e75f37ed732b38c5be7ae64785e8 (patch) | |
tree | 187785dd532474cd34aa4e66846b12f28f09f8b9 /hadrian/README.md | |
parent | 6b70cf611e5ddc475edaa54b893d20990699ddb8 (diff) | |
download | haskell-6486c6e49c53e75f37ed732b38c5be7ae64785e8.tar.gz |
Hadrian: Add support for building stage3
This ticket enables the building of a `stage3` compiler by making the
build logic more consistent and predictable in Hadrian.
Two of the main changes are:
1. In order to build anything at stageN we use the package database
present at stageN. Fixing #16069
2. `haddock` and `ghc-tags` are built
as stage1 executables (with the stage1 compiler) rather than as
stage2 compiler. Fixing
[hadrian#661](https://github.com/snowleopard/hadrian/issues/661)
In order to build a stage3 compiler, you have to set the new `finalStage` hadrian option to `Stage3`.
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diff --git a/hadrian/README.md b/hadrian/README.md index 16a26d0cbe..dcb5e68f5d 100644 --- a/hadrian/README.md +++ b/hadrian/README.md @@ -183,17 +183,24 @@ $ ./configure [--prefix=PATH] && make install workflow, for now. +#### Building stage3 + +It is possible to define a flavour which builds a `stage3` compiler, which is a +compiler built using `stage2`. This is useful for cross-compilation. Detailed +instructions can be found in the +[user settings part of the manual](doc/user-settings.md#specifying-the-final-stage-to-build). + Troubleshooting --------------- Here are a few simple suggestions that might help you fix the build: - + * Hadrian is occasionally broken by changes in GHC. If this happens, you might want to switch to an earlier GHC commit. - + * If Hadrian fails with the message `Configuration file hadrian/cfg/system.config is missing`, you have probably forgotten to pass the `--configure` flag during the first build. - + * If you need help in debugging Hadrian, read the [wiki](https://github.com/snowleopard/hadrian/wiki) and Shake's [debugging tutorial](https://shakebuild.com/debugging). |