From 1fcd15a716e0be3914a7d3cf66a4550de77aee18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: simonmar Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:45:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 2000-07-13 14:45:13 by simonmar] update to match reality; try to be a bit more helpful --- README | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 4041e0d..5aab572 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,23 +1,29 @@ -This is the root directory for functional-programming tools -distributed by the Computing Science Department at Glasgow University. -Simon Peyton Jones is the ringleader of this -effort. The tools are: - - ghc the Glasgow Haskell compilation system - hslibs collection of Haskell libraries - haggis the Haggis GUI toolkit - happy the Happy Haskell parser generator - hdirect Haskell interop tool - green-card a foreign function interface pre-processor for Haskell. - nofib the NoFib Haskell benchmarking suite - literate the Glasgow "literate programming" system - glafp-utils shared utility programs - mk GNU make setup used by all of fptools - docs documentation on the installing and using - the fptools suite. - -Components which are always part of a distribution (never stand-alone) -are "glafp-utils" and "mk" (a configuration system). +fptools build system +==================== + +This is the top-level directory of the fptools build system. Several +packages are part of this build system; if you got this as part of a +source distribution (eg. for GHC), then you will have one or more of +the following directories: + + ghc The Glasgow Haskell Compiler + hslibs A Collection of Haskell libraries + haggis The Haggis GUI toolkit + happy The Happy Haskell parser generator + hdirect Haskell interop tool + green-card A foreign function interface pre-processor for Haskell. + nofib The NoFib Haskell benchmarking suite + +Additional documentation for each project can be found in its +respective directory. + +In addition, the following directories contain project-independent bits: + + mk GNU make setup used by all of fptools + glafp-utils Shared utility programs + docs Documentation on the installing and using + the fptools build system. + distrib Tools and additional bits for building distributions Quick start: the following is *supposed* to work @@ -26,11 +32,19 @@ Quick start: the following is *supposed* to work $ make $ make install -where 'make' is whatever GNU make is called on your system. The -configuration script is a standard GNU autoconf script which accepts -all the normal arguments, eg. --prefix= to install the package -somewhere other than /usr/local. Try ./configure --help to get a full -list of the options. +where 'make' is whatever GNU make is called on your system (GNU make +is *required*). The configuration script is a standard GNU autoconf +script which accepts all the normal arguments, eg. --prefix= to +install the package somewhere other than /usr/local. Try ./configure +--help to get a full list of the options. There is usually an ANNOUNCE* file with any distribution. Please consult that, or the /README file, to find out how to proceed. + +Full documentation for the fptools build system can be found on the +GHC web pages: + + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ + +-- +The GHC Team, glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org -- 1.7.10.4