[project @ 2005-07-21 09:56:26 by simonmar]

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

diff --git a/docs/building/building.xml b/docs/building/building.xml
index 7fb0751..f445b37 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/building/building.xml
+++ b/docs/building/building.xml
@@ -1220,8 +1220,9 @@ $ cvs checkout nofib/spectral</screen>
           Perl version 5 at least is required.  GHC has been known to
           tickle bugs in Perl, so if you find that Perl crashes when
           running GHC try updating (or downgrading) your Perl
-          installation.  Versions of Perl that we use and are known to
-          be fairly stable are 5.005 and 5.6.1.</para>
+          installation.  Versions of Perl before 5.6 have been known to have
+          various bugs tickled by GHC, so the configure script
+          will look for version 5.6 or later.</para>
 
          <para>For Win32 platforms, you should use the binary
           supplied in the InstallShield (copy it to
@@ -4701,7 +4702,7 @@ you can't rename a running program!
 <para><command>ssh</command> comes with both Cygwin and MSYS. 
 (Cygwin note: you need to ask for package <command>openssh</command> (not ssh)
 in the Cygwin list of packages; or use the <command>ghc-depends</command>
-package -- see <xref linkend="install-cygwin">Cygwin installation instructions</xref>.)</para>
+package -- see <xref linkend="install-cygwin"/>.)</para>
 
 <para>There are several strange things about <command>ssh</command> on Windows that you need to know.
 <itemizedlist>
@@ -4951,12 +4952,10 @@ Win32.</para></listitem>
 
 <sect2><title>A Windows build log using Cygwin</title>
 
-Here is a complete, from-scratch, log of all you need to build GHC using
+<para>Here is a complete, from-scratch, log of all you need to build GHC using
 Cygwin, kindly provided by Claus Reinke.  It does not discuss alternative
-choices, but it gives a single path that works.
-<programlisting>
-
-- Install some editor (vim, emacs, whatever)
+choices, but it gives a single path that works.</para>
+<programlisting>- Install some editor (vim, emacs, whatever)
 
 - Install cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com)
     ; i used 1.5.16-1, installed in c:\cygwin
@@ -5029,8 +5028,7 @@ choices, but it gives a single path that works.
   - chmod +x ../distrib/prep-bin-dist-mingw
     ; if you're happy with the script's contents (*)
   - ../distrib/prep-bin-dist-mingw
-    ; then tar up, unpack where wanted, and enjoy    
-</programlisting>
+    ; then tar up, unpack where wanted, and enjoy</programlisting>
 </sect2>
 </sect1>