GHC Source Build documentation BUG
Arthur van Leeuwen
arthurvl at cs.uu.nl
Mon Jan 26 03:59:48 EST 2004
Hello,
while trying to adapt the local bootstrap-from-scratch script that allows
us to install a somewhat customized GHC onto our systems starting from
nothing but an installed GCC 2.95, I noticed a bug in the documentation
accompanying the GHC 6.2 release. On
http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_62.html there is a note stating
The source distribution needs an installed GHC 4.08.X, 5.X or 6.X to build.
As 4.08.2 is relatively easily bootstrapped using a C compiler, that is
the base we start off, and thus I figured I could just jump from 4.08.2
to 6.2. Unfortunately, the compilation itself then states:
:94: #error GHC >= 5.00 is required for bootstrapping GHC
Annoying, that. Especially given that I *checked* if I could jump from
4.08.2 to 6.2.
Doei, Arthur. (One extra stage in the bootstrapping process...)
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