[project @ 2001-05-03 08:51:16 by simonpj]

[ghc-hetmet.git] / ghc / tests / README

diff --git a/ghc/tests/README b/ghc/tests/README
index 67f1a34..88975d1 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/tests/README
+++ b/ghc/tests/README
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ the resulting output with that specified in the file reader001.stderr.
 
 "make all" run all tests.
 
+If you want to set compilation options globally from the commandline,
+use `make EXTRA_HC_OPTS="-foo-option -blah', for global runstdtest options
+use EXTRA_RUNTEST_OPTS.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        ADDING A NEW TEST
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -31,9 +35,10 @@ options. For example,
 
   tc093_HC_OPTS = -noC -ddump-tc 
 
--noC tells not bother generating any C (not point in doing that, since we
-only want to test the typechecker).  -ddump-tc tells ghc to dump the
-typechecker state. 
+-noC tells not bother generating any C (no point in doing that, since
+we only want to test the typechecker. NOTE: Currently the driver does
+not handle the -noC flag anymore).  -ddump-tc tells ghc to dump the
+typechecker state.
 
 Depending on the tests/ subdirectory, a default exit code is
 expected from all tests therein, normally 0 (==success).