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@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ Quick start: the following gives you a default build:
$ make
$ make install
+ On Windows, you need an extra repository containing some build tools.
+ These can be downloaded for you by configure. This only needs to be done once by running:
+
+ $ ./configure --enable-tarballs-autodownload
+
The "perl boot" step is only necessary if this is a tree checked out
from git. For source distributions downloaded from GHC's web site,
this step has already been performed.