[project @ 2003-06-02 08:52:28 by simonmar]

[ghc-hetmet.git] / docs / building / building.sgml

diff --git a/docs/building/building.sgml b/docs/building/building.sgml
index bcf3cf4..30353c5 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/building/building.sgml
+++ b/docs/building/building.sgml
@@ -456,6 +456,10 @@ setsockopt IPTOS_THROUGHPUT: Invalid argument
           <literal>hslibs</literal> and <literal>libraries</literal>
           modules (for a full list of the projects available, see
           <xref linkend="projects">).</para>
+
+         <para>Remember that if you do not have
+          <literal>happy</literal> installed, you need to check it out
+          as well.</para>
        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </sect2>
@@ -491,7 +495,14 @@ $ cvs diff
           you the results.</para>
        </listitem>
 
-      <listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>If you changed something in the 
+          <literal>fptools/libraries</literal> subdirectories, also run
+          <literal>make html</literal> to check if the documentation can
+          be generated successfully, too.</para>
+       </listitem>
+
+       <listitem>
          <para>Before checking in a change, you need to update your
           source tree:</para>
 
@@ -574,7 +585,7 @@ $ cvs commit -F <replaceable>commit-message</replaceable> <replaceable>directory
       major cause of headaches. </para>
 
       <para>So, to avoid a lot of hassle, follow this recipe for
-      updating your tree: </para>
+      updating your tree:</para>
 
 <screen>
 $ cd fptools
@@ -1213,6 +1224,12 @@ $ cvs checkout nofib/spectral
           <command>egcs</command>) have varying degrees of stability
           depending on the platform.</para>
 
+         <para>GCC 3.2 is currently known to have problems building
+         GHC on Sparc, but is stable on x86.</para>
+         
+         <para>GCC 3.3 currently cannot be used to build GHC, due to
+         some problems with the new C preprocessor.</para>
+
          <para>If your GCC dies with &ldquo;internal error&rdquo; on
           some GHC source file, please let us know, so we can report
           it and get things improved.  (Exception: on iX86
@@ -1244,7 +1261,7 @@ $ cvs checkout nofib/spectral
           (<literal>fptools/happy</literal>).  It can be built from
           source, but bear in mind that you'll need GHC installed in
           order to build it.  To avoid the chicken/egg problem,
-          install a binary distribtion of either Happy or GHC to get
+          install a binary distribution of either Happy or GHC to get
           started.  Happy distributions are available from <ulink
           url="http://www.haskell.org/happy/">Happy's Web
           Page</ulink>.</para>
@@ -1260,6 +1277,10 @@ $ cvs checkout nofib/spectral
           CVS sources, it is <emphasis>not</emphasis> needed if you
           just intend to build a standard source distribution.</para>
 
+         <para>Version 2.52 or later of autoconf is required.
+         NB. vesrion 2.13 will no longer work, as of GHC version
+         6.1.</para>
+
          <para>Autoconf builds the <command>configure</command>
           script from <filename>configure.in</filename> and
           <filename>aclocal.m4</filename>.  If you modify either of
@@ -1301,7 +1322,7 @@ $ cvs checkout nofib/spectral
          <listitem>
            <para>PVM is the Parallel Virtual Machine on which
             Parallel Haskell programs run.  (You only need this if you
-            plan to run Parallel Haskell.  Concurent Haskell, which
+            plan to run Parallel Haskell.  Concurrent Haskell, which
             runs concurrent threads on a uniprocessor doesn't need
             it.)  Underneath PVM, you can have (for example) a network
             of workstations (slow) or a multiprocessor box