to get the other repositories:
$ cd ghc
- $ chmod +x boot
- $ ./boot
+ $ chmod +x darcs-all
+ $ ./darcs-all get
This grabs the "core" packages by default. To get the full set of
packages, instead say
- $ ./boot --extra
+ $ ./darcs-all --extra get
This also downloads the libraries that are normally bundled in the
"extralibs" package (see above).
Quick start: the following gives you a default build:
+ $ sh boot
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install
+The "sh boot" step is only necessary if this is a tree checked out
+from darcs. For source distributions downloaded from GHC's web site,
+this step has already been performed.
+
These steps give you the default build, which includes everything
optimised and built in various ways (eg. profiling libs are built).
It can take a long time. To customise the build, see the file