From eb34452a74582ab67fb88f37a8bd2f4b6547ee47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: simonmar Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 15:41:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 2002-04-23 15:41:58 by simonmar] Add some folklore about Perl. --- docs/building/building.sgml | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/building/building.sgml b/docs/building/building.sgml index 650596b..dc6ea61 100644 --- a/docs/building/building.sgml +++ b/docs/building/building.sgml @@ -1182,14 +1182,17 @@ script will tell you if you are missing something. Perl, pre-supposed -You have to have Perl to proceed! -It is pretty easy to install. +You have to have Perl to proceed! Perl version 5 +at least is required. GHC has been known to tickle bugs in Perl, so +if you find that Perl crashes when running GHC try updating (or +downgrading) your Perl installation. Versions of Perl that we use and +are known to be fairly stable are 5.005 and 5.6.1. -Perl 5 is required. For Win32 platforms, you should use the binary -supplied in the InstallShield (copy it to /bin). -The Cygwin-supplied Perl seems not to work. +For Win32 platforms, you should use the binary supplied in the +InstallShield (copy it to /bin). The +Cygwin-supplied Perl seems not to work. -- 1.7.10.4