[project @ 1999-12-22 10:11:48 by simonmar]

Add comment about TMPDIR.

diff --git a/mk/config.mk.in b/mk/config.mk.in
index e21abe3..f616629 100644 (file)
--- a/mk/config.mk.in
+++ b/mk/config.mk.in
@@ -347,6 +347,11 @@ NoFibHcOpts = -O
 #
 ################################################################################
 
+# Directory used by GHC (and possibly other tools) for storing
+# temporary files.  If your /tmp isn't big enough, either override
+# this in build.mk or set your environment variable "TMPDIR" to point
+# to somewhere with more space.  (TMPDIR=. is a good choice).
+
 TMPDIR                 = /tmp
 
 # FPTOOLS_TOP: the top of the fptools hierarchy, absolute path.