Quick Start for developers
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Hacking
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This section on the wiki will get you up and running with a
- serviceable build tree in no time:
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+ serviceable build tree in no time.
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+ Don't skip this! By default, GHC builds with all optimizations
+ and profiling; most hackers will want a quicker build, so creating
+ a mk/build.mk file and knowing how to rebuild only parts of GHC is
+ very important.
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This is part of the "Building GHC" section of the wiki, which
has more detailed information on GHC's build system should you
need it.