[project @ 1998-02-04 20:49:58 by sof]

Updated cygwin32 details

diff --git a/distrib/INSTALL b/distrib/INSTALL
index 53b9449..aa64209 100644 (file)
--- a/distrib/INSTALL
+++ b/distrib/INSTALL
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ the details of where the different pieces of the bundle are heading when
 -- possibly helpful).
 
 For more information, please consult the installation guide in
 -- possibly helpful).
 
 For more information, please consult the installation guide in

-{html,dvi,info}/ghc-2.02/installing{.dvi,.info,_toc.html}.
+{html,dvi,info}/ghc-2.10/installing{.dvi,.info,_toc.html}.

 
 Bug reports/suggestions for improvement to the installation procedure/setup
 (as well as other GHC related troubles you're experiencing, of course),
 
 Bug reports/suggestions for improvement to the installation procedure/setup
 (as well as other GHC related troubles you're experiencing, of course),

@@ -43,30 +43,32 @@ up the Win32 environment into something more UNIX-like (which
 this initial port of ghc relies on being the case). The cygwin32 tools
 are available from
 
 this initial port of ghc relies on being the case). The cygwin32 tools
 are available from
 

-    ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/gnu-win32/gnu-win32-b17.1/   
+    ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/gnu-win32/latest/

        (Cygnus Solutions; Mt. View, CA.)
     ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/gnu/cygnus/gnu-win32/
         (Sunsite Northern Europe; Imperial College, London)
     ftp://ftp.crl.go.jp/pub/GNU/cygnus/gnu-win32/
        (CRL, Ministry of Posts and Telecom., Japan)
 
        (Cygnus Solutions; Mt. View, CA.)
     ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/gnu/cygnus/gnu-win32/
         (Sunsite Northern Europe; Imperial College, London)
     ftp://ftp.crl.go.jp/pub/GNU/cygnus/gnu-win32/
        (CRL, Ministry of Posts and Telecom., Japan)
 

-GHC was built with beta17 - you *might* get away with beta16 if you've already got it
-installed...not tested this though.
+GHC was built with beta18 of the cygwin32 tools and depends on
+it to work.

 
 The GHC tools are also quite picky about Perl, the commonly-used
 Hip/ActiveWare Win32 port of perl5 just ain't Cool Enough (main reason: 
 GHC scripts assume they are talking to an underlying UNIX command
 
 The GHC tools are also quite picky about Perl, the commonly-used
 Hip/ActiveWare Win32 port of perl5 just ain't Cool Enough (main reason: 
 GHC scripts assume they are talking to an underlying UNIX command

-shell). A port of perl5.003 done on top of cygwin32-b17 is just
-the ticket though, it is available from 
+shell). A basic port of perl5.004 done on top of cygwin32-b18 is
+is available from 

 
 

-   http://www.edv.agrar.tu-muenchen.de/~syring/gnu-win32/
+   ftp://ftp.dcs.gla.ac.uk/pub/haskell/glasgow/working/perl5-004pl1.zip

 
 

-this port is not complete - but the binaries available from there
-are sufficiently wonderful.
+this port is by no means complete, but is sufficient for our needs.
+(more complete perl5 cygwin32 binary bundles are available
+ elsewhere - search the web if you need it.)

 
 Install both cygwin32&perl5 before continuing.
 
 
 Install both cygwin32&perl5 before continuing.
 

-Future releases of GHC for Win32 may very well avoid relying on
-cygwin32 to operate, for various reasons..
+NOTE: If you're planning to install ghc on a drive different from
+where you're going to compile programs, you need to change the TMPDIR
+variable in the Makefile to "."

 
 -------Win32 users only----------------------------------------
 
 -------Win32 users only----------------------------------------