[GHC] #10302: 7.10.1 documenation is incorrect wrt llvm

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#10302: 7.10.1 documenation is incorrect wrt llvm
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              Reporter:  George      |             Owner:
                  Type:  bug         |            Status:  new
              Priority:  normal      |         Milestone:  7.10.2
             Component:              |           Version:  7.10.1
  Documentation                      |  Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple
              Keywords:  llvm        |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
          Architecture:              |        Blocked By:
  Unknown/Multiple                   |   Related Tickets:
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 As documented in [#9929] ghc 7.10.1 only supports llvm 3.5.

 This should be documented in the release notes section of the GHC Users's
 Guide, Version 7.10.1.

 In addition, the following in the Known bugs section needs to be changed
 to mention this also:

  GHC’s LLVM backend is currently incompatible with LLVM 3.4 (issue #9929).

 The following in section 4.11.2 should also be changed from:

  Currently LLVM 2.8 and later are supported.

 to

  Only LLVM 3.5 is supported.

 from

  Secondly, if you are running Mac OS X with LLVM 3.0 or greater

 to

   Secondly, if you are running Mac OS X with LLVM 3.5

 from

  In order to use the LLVM based code generator, you should install the
 Homebrew package manager for OS X.

 to

  In order to use the LLVM based code generator, you should install the
 Homebrew package manager for OS X and then install LLVM 3.5

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