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+Using the GHC build system
+--------------------------
+
+For a "Getting Started" guide, see:
+
+ http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Hacking
+
+Common commands:
+
+ make
+
+ Builds everything: ghc stages 1 and 2, all libraries and tools.
+
+ make -j2
+
+ Parallel build: runs up to 2 commands at a time (use the number of
+ CPUs in your machine in place of '2')
+
+ cd
; make
+
+ Builds everything in the given directory.
+
+ cd compiler; make 2
+
+ Make just the stage2 compiler, ignoring dependencies. Also "make 1" to
+ build just the stage1 compiler.
+
+ cd libraries; make 1
+
+ Build just those libraries that are built by stage1 (omit the "1" to build
+ all libraries, but that will also update the stage2 compiler).
+
+ make install
+
+ Installs GHC, libraries and tools under $(prefix)
+
+ make sdist
+ make binary-dist
+
+ Builds a source or binary distribution respectively
+
+ make show VALUE=
+
+ Displays the value of make variable
+
+ make clean
+ make distclean
+ make maintainer-clean
+
+ Various levels of cleaning: "clean" restores the tree to the
+ state after "./configure", "distclean" restores to the state
+ after "sh boot", and maintainer-clean restores the tree to the
+ completely clean checked-out state.
+