[project @ 2001-03-20 10:34:19 by simonmar]

fix and elaborate the documentation for <literal>extra_libraries</literal>

diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/packages.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/packages.sgml
index 4eeff01..9ba677d 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/packages.sgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/packages.sgml
@@ -290,10 +290,13 @@
            <literal>extra_libraries</literal>.</para>
 
            <para>Also, <literal>extra_libraries</literal> are placed
-           on the linker command line before the
+           on the linker command line after the
            <literal>hs_libraries</literal> for the same package.  If
-           your package has dependencies in the other direction, you
-           might need to make two separate packages.</para>
+           your package has dependencies in the other direction (i.e.
+           <literal>extra_libraries</literal> depends on
+           <literal>hs_libraries</literal>), and the libraries are
+           static, you might need to make two separate
+           packages.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>