<Para>
This section summarises how to get the utilities you need on your
-Win95/98/NT/2000 machine to use CVS and build GHC. Similar notes for installing and running GHC may be found in the user guide. In general, Win95/Win98 behave the same, and WinNT/Win2k behave the same. It is based largely on detailed advice from Sigbjørn Finne.
+Win95/98/NT/2000 machine to use CVS and build GHC. Similar notes for
+installing and running GHC may be found in the user guide. In general,
+Win95/Win98 behave the same, and WinNT/Win2k behave the same. It is based
+largely on detailed advice from Sigbjørn Finne. You should read the
+GHC installation guide sections on Windows (in the user guide) before
+continuing to read these notes.
</Para>
<Para>
You need <Filename>ghc</Filename> to be in your <Constant>PATH</Constant> before you run
<Command>configure</Command>. The default GHC InstallShield creates only
-<Filename>ghc-4.05</Filename>, so you may need to duplicate this file as <Filename>ghc</Filename>
+<Filename>ghc-4.08</Filename>, so you may need to duplicate this file as <Filename>ghc</Filename>
in the same directory, in order that <Command>configure</Command> will see it (or
-just rename <Filename>ghc-4.05</Filename> to <Filename>ghc</Filename>.
+just rename <Filename>ghc-4.08</Filename> to <Filename>ghc</Filename>.
And make sure that the directory is in your path.
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-<Para>
-Compile <Command>happy</Command> and <Command>ghc</Command>
-with <Option>-static</Option>. To do this, set
-</Para>
-
-<ProgramListing>
-GhcHcOpts=-static
-HappyHcOpts=-static
-</ProgramListing>
-
-<Para>
-in your <Filename>build.mk</Filename> file.
-[Actually, I successfully compiled Happy without <Option>-static</Option> on Win2k, but not GHC.]
-</Para>
-</ListItem>
-
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