[project @ 2004-07-12 08:47:19 by simonmar]

Add a (rather vague) FAQ entry about the readline build problem
reported in bug #988585.

diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/faq.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/faq.sgml
index 4c6bc43..beda1cb 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/faq.sgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/faq.sgml
@@ -156,6 +156,17 @@
     </varlistentry>
     
     <varlistentry>
+      <term>The build fails in readline.</term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>It has been reported that if you have multiple versions
+       of the readline library installed on Linux, then this may
+       cause the build to fail.  If you have multiple versions of
+       readline, try uninstalling all except the most recent
+       version.</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
       <term>When I try to start ghci (probably one I compiled myself)
       it says <literal>ghc-5.02: not built for interactive
       use</literal></term>