[project @ 2001-07-31 10:58:34 by rrt]

Add the --with-gcc story. Tidy up some typos.

diff --git a/docs/building/building.sgml b/docs/building/building.sgml
index 3c71aa5..d85c426 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/building/building.sgml
+++ b/docs/building/building.sgml
@@ -50,11 +50,12 @@ as suggested:
 <Term><IndexTerm><Primary>Binary distribution</Primary></IndexTerm>Binary distribution.</Term>
 <ListItem>
 <para>
-If your only purpose is to install some of the <Literal>fptools</Literal> suite then the easiest thing to do is to get a binary distribution. In the
-binary distribution everything is pre-compiled for your particular
-machine architecture and operating system, so all you should have to
-do is install the binaries and libraries in suitable places. The user guide
-describes how to do this.
+If your only purpose is to install some of the
+<Literal>fptools</Literal> suite then the easiest thing to do is to
+get a binary distribution. In the binary distribution everything is
+pre-compiled for your particular machine architecture and operating
+system, so all you should have to do is install the binaries and
+libraries in suitable places. The user guide describes how to do this.
 </para>
 
 <para>
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ of this manual in detail.</para>
 </Sect1>
 
 <Sect1 id="sec-build-checks">
-<Title>Things to check before you start typing</Title>
+<Title>Things to check before you start</Title>
 
 <para>
 Here's a list of things to check before you get started.
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ Works registerised.  No native-code generator.
 <IndexTerm><Primary>i386-*-linux</Primary></IndexTerm>
 <ListItem>
 
-<para>GHC works registerised, has a native code generator.  You
+<para>GHC works registerised and has a native code generator.  You
 <Emphasis>must</Emphasis> have GCC 2.7.x or later.  NOTE about
 <literal>glibc</literal> versions: GHC binaries built on a system
 running <literal>glibc 2.0</literal> won't work on a system running
@@ -958,7 +959,7 @@ You set the configuration using a three-step process.
                  
                <varlistentry>
                  <term><literal>--with-hc=<parameter>path</parameter></literal></term>
-                 <indexterm><primary><literal>--with-hhc</literal></primary>
+                 <indexterm><primary><literal>--with-hc</literal></primary>
                  </indexterm>
                  <listitem>
                    <para>Specifies the path to any installed Haskell
@@ -967,6 +968,20 @@ You set the configuration using a three-step process.
                    use <literal>ghc</literal>.</para>
                  </listitem>
                </varlistentry>
+
+               <varlistentry>
+                 <term><literal>--with-gcc=<parameter>path</parameter></literal></term>
+                 <indexterm><primary><literal>--with-gcc</literal></primary>
+                 </indexterm>
+                 <listitem>
+                   <para>Specifies the path to the installed
+                   GCC. This compiler will be used to compile all C
+                   files, <emphasis>except</emphasis> any generated
+                   by the installed Haskell compiler, which will have
+                   its own idea of which C compiler (if any) to use.
+                   The default is to use <literal>gcc</literal>.</para>
+                 </listitem>
+               </varlistentry>
              </variablelist>
 
              <para><command>configure</command> caches the results of