+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="quick-start">
+ <title>Quick start for GHC developers</title>
+
+ <para>This section is a copy of the file
+ <literal>ghc/HACKING</literal> from the GHC source tree. It describes
+ how to get started with setting up your build tree for developing GHC
+ or its libraries, and how to start building.</para>
+
+<screen>
+&hacking;
+ </screen>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="sec-working-with-the-build-system">
+ <title>Working with the build system</title>
+
+ <para>This rest of this guide is intended for duffers like me, who
+ aren't really interested in Makefiles and systems configurations,
+ but who need a mental model of the interlocking pieces so that
+ they can make them work, extend them consistently when adding new
+ software, and lay hands on them gently when they don't
+ work.</para>