[project @ 2005-02-14 17:00:31 by simonmar]

Be clearer about HC files: you need a set generated on the same
platform, not just similar hardware.

diff --git a/docs/building/building.xml b/docs/building/building.xml
index b67525f..ae22c81 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/building/building.xml
+++ b/docs/building/building.xml
@@ -3540,20 +3540,19 @@ $ make install</screen>
 
       <para>Bootstrapping GHC on a system without GHC already
       installed is achieved by taking the intermediate C files (known
-      as HC files) from a GHC compilation on a supported system to the
-      target machine, and compiling them using gcc to get a working
-      GHC.</para>
+      as HC files) from another GHC compilation, compiling them using gcc to
+       get a working GHC.</para>
 
       <para><emphasis>NOTE: GHC versions 5.xx were hard to bootstrap
       from C.  We recommend using GHC 6.0.1 or
       later.</emphasis></para>
 
       <para>HC files are platform-dependent, so you have to get a set
-      that were generated on similar hardware.  There may be some
-      supplied on the GHC download page, otherwise you'll have to
-      compile some up yourself, or start from
-      <emphasis>unregisterised</emphasis> HC files - see <xref
-      linkend="unregisterised-porting"/>.</para>
+       that were generated on <emphasis>the same platform</emphasis>.  There
+       may be some supplied on the GHC download page, otherwise you'll have to
+       compile some up yourself, or start from
+       <emphasis>unregisterised</emphasis> HC files - see <xref
+         linkend="unregisterised-porting"/>.</para>
 
       <para>The following steps should result in a working GHC build
       with full libraries:</para>