From: simonmar Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:13:35 +0000 (+0000) Subject: [project @ 2005-02-07 11:13:35 by simonmar] X-Git-Tag: Initial_conversion_from_CVS_complete~1105 X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f026ced94799be0652bf493e2fa908b00c67fc9d;p=ghc-hetmet.git [project @ 2005-02-07 11:13:35 by simonmar] Mention that GHC is required for building GHC. --- diff --git a/README b/README index fa07e73..0adcfdd 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -34,10 +34,15 @@ Quick start: the following is *supposed* to work $ make install where 'make' is whatever GNU make is called on your system (GNU make -is *required*). The configuration script is a standard GNU autoconf -script which accepts all the normal arguments, eg. --prefix= to -install the package somewhere other than /usr/local. Try ./configure ---help to get a full list of the options. +is *required*). If there are any other tools required for the build, +then the configure script will detect them and tell you if any are +missing. For example, a working GHC installation is required for +building most of the tools (including GHC itself). + +The configuration script is a standard GNU autoconf script which +accepts all the normal arguments, eg. --prefix= to install the +package somewhere other than /usr/local. Try ./configure --help to +get a full list of the options. There is usually an ANNOUNCE* file with any distribution. Please consult that, or the /README file, to find out how to proceed.