[project @ 2003-02-19 11:52:42 by simonmar]

Add note to description of -no-hs-main: it forces linking in --make
mode too.

diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/phases.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/phases.sgml
index fa0ae08..0dee0c1 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/phases.sgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/phases.sgml
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ strmod = "\
             as part of another (non-Haskell) program, the RTS will not
             be supplying its definition of <function>main()</function>
             at link-time, you will have to. To signal that to the
-            driver script when linking, use
+            compiler when linking, use
             <option>-no-hs-main</option>.</para>
 
            <para>Notice that since the command-line passed to the
@@ -573,6 +573,13 @@ strmod = "\
             though, just try linking once with <option>-v</option> on
             to see what options the driver passes through to the
             linker.</para>
+
+           <para>The <option>-no-hs-main</option> flag can also be
+           used to persuade the compiler to do the link step in
+           <option>--make</option> mode when there is no Haskell
+           <literal>Main</literal> module present (normally the
+           compiler will not attempt linking when there is no
+           <literal>Main</literal>).</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
       </variablelist>