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diff --git a/compiler/Makefile b/compiler/Makefile
index cdc8b3c..c7d4169 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/Makefile
+++ b/compiler/Makefile
@@ -881,6 +881,8 @@ LIB_LD_OPTS += $(foreach pkg,$(PKG_DEPENDS),-package $(pkg))
 # We have to expand each package dependency with its version, which we
 # can do by calling "ghc-pkg list $pkg --simple-output".
 PACKAGE_CPP_OPTS += -DPKG_DEPENDS='$(foreach pkg,$(PKG_DEPENDS),$(shell $(GHC_PKG_INPLACE) latest --global $(pkg)))'
+# We want to define STAGE to be like "2" in the Haskell code, so we need
+# to quote the "s so that they don't get interpreted by the shell.
 PACKAGE_CPP_OPTS += -DSTAGE='"$(stage)"'
 
 # Omit Main from the library, the client will want to plug their own Main in