[project @ 2003-05-28 09:43:05 by simonmar]

- Update on compatibility with recent GCC versions
- Mention that Happy might need to be checked out

(from Volker Stolz).

diff --git a/docs/building/building.sgml b/docs/building/building.sgml
index bcf3cf4..ef69207 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>Remeber that if you do not have
+          <literal>happy</literal> installed, you need to check it out
+          as well.</para>
        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </sect2>
@@ -1213,6 +1217,12 @@ $ 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 currnetly 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