From 0268d6925e117661769fbe1ed823cbef7e4da8e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sof Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:20:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 1999-02-23 17:20:34 by sof] Updates on the Win32 front --- distrib/INSTALL | 57 +++++++++++++++++++------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) diff --git a/distrib/INSTALL b/distrib/INSTALL index 6e209cd..c37e882 100644 --- a/distrib/INSTALL +++ b/distrib/INSTALL @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ template to give you a real Makefile. not updating unwritable cache ./config.cache This is a known problem of generated autoconf configure scripts running -on cygwin32, but harmless (it only means you get to re-do all the configure +on cygwin, but harmless (it only means you get to re-do all the configure tests should you decide to re-run the script.) ] @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ the details of where the different pieces of the bundle are heading when -- possibly helpful). For more information, please consult the installation guide in -{html,dvi,info}/ghc-2.10/installing{.dvi,.info,_toc.html}. +{html,dvi,info}/ghc-/installing{.dvi,.info,_toc.html}. Bug reports/suggestions for improvement to the installation procedure/setup (as well as other GHC related troubles you're experiencing, of course), @@ -48,50 +48,33 @@ Enjoy. -------Win32 users only---------------------------------------- NOTE to Win32 users: to enjoy any sort of happiness with the GHC -tools, you will have to install the cygwin32 toolchain, which dresses +tools, you will have to install the cygwin toolchain, which dresses up the Win32 environment into something more UNIX-like (which -this initial port of ghc relies on being the case). The cygwin32 tools +this initial port of ghc relies on being the case). The cygwin tools are available from - ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/gnu-win32/latest/ - (Cygnus Solutions; Mt. View, CA.) - ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/gnu/cygnus/gnu-win32/ - (Sunsite Northern Europe; Imperial College, London) - ftp://ftp.crl.go.jp/pub/GNU/cygnus/gnu-win32/ - (CRL, Ministry of Posts and Telecom., Japan) + http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/ -GHC was built with beta18 of the cygwin32 tools and depends on -it to work. +GHC was built with beta20.1 of the cygwin tools and depends on it +to work. -The GHC tools are also quite picky about Perl, the commonly-used -Hip/ActiveWare Win32 port of perl5 just ain't Cool Enough (main reason: -GHC scripts assume they are talking to an underlying UNIX command -shell). A basic port of perl5.004 done on top of cygwin32-b18 is -is available from - - ftp://ftp.dcs.gla.ac.uk/pub/haskell/glasgow/working/perl5-004pl1.zip - -this port is by no means complete, but is sufficient for our needs. -(more complete perl5 cygwin32 binary bundles are available - elsewhere - search the web if you need it.) - -Install both cygwin32&perl5 before continuing. Couple of things -to remember doing while installing these two: +Install cygwin before continuing. Couple of things to remember +doing while installing these two: - Create a toplevel /bin directory, and copy bash.exe into it as sh.exe (we'll need this for running the configure script.) Add /bin to your PATH. - Create a toplevel /tmp directory. - - If you don't have a good reason not to, it is also recommended - that you also put the perl binary inside /bin as well. Don't - put it inside the bin/ directory inside the installed cygwin32 - tree, as this is likely to cause #! not to work on perl scripts - (path is likely to exceed 32 chars.) - -NOTE: If you're planning to install ghc on a drive different from -where you're going to compile programs, you either need to -change the TMPDIR variable in the Makefile to "." or the -environment variable TMPDIR to "." when running ghc. This is clearly -not desirable, but the only solution known to work under beta18. + +Additionally, ghc requires perl to operate, so included in the +binary distribution is a perl binary, (perl.exe in the toplevel +directory.) Install (as in copy :-) this somewhere along your +PATH too (/bin is a good choice.) + +This is hardly beatiful, but it avoids having to download and install +yet another package, including piles of (useful) perl libraries that the +ghc perl code does not require to operate. Besides which, there's a +dearth of readily useable perl distributions 'out there' that contain +cygwin-compiled binaries, something we really do depend on. -------Win32 users only---------------------------------------- -- 1.7.10.4