[Haskell-cafe] How to compile base?

[Jochem Berndsen]

Henk-Jan van Tuyl wrote:
> I tried to compile base-4.0.0.0 (on Windows XP) as follows:
>   [...]\base\4.0.0.0>runhaskell Setup configure
>   <command line>: module `Prelude' is not loaded
> It seems that Base needs another way to compile, how?
> 

AFAIK base is shipped with GHC, and cannot be compiled separately.
GHC 6.10.1 ships with base-4.0.0.0, later versions in the 6.10.x series
may have a somewhat later version.

Regards,

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