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| -rw-r--r-- | compiler/main/GhcMake.hs | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/main/GhcMake.hs b/compiler/main/GhcMake.hs index 0705b14962..0adee6e738 100644 --- a/compiler/main/GhcMake.hs +++ b/compiler/main/GhcMake.hs @@ -601,6 +601,11 @@ unload hsc_env stable_linkables -- Unload everthing *except* 'stable_linkables' - Note that objects are only considered stable if they only depend on other objects. We can't link object code against byte code. + + - Note that even if an object is stable, we may end up recompiling + if the interface is out of date because an *external* interface + has changed. The current code in GhcMake handles this case + fairly poorly, so be careful. -} checkStability :: HomePackageTable -- HPT from last compilation |