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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 % 	Building and installing the Glasgow Functional Programming Tools Suite
 %
-%				Version 2.05
+%				Version 2.08
 %				July 1997
 			
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 \documentstyle[11pt,literate]{article}
 \begin{document}
 \title{Building and installing the Glasgow Functional Programming Tools Suite\\
-Version~2.05}
+Version~2.08}
 \author{The GHC Team\\
 Department of Computing Science\\
 University of Glasgow\\
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ confidence will work well by having tested it (more) thoroughly.
 Source-only distributions are either bugfix releases or snapshots of
 current state of development. The release has undergone some testing.
 
-GHC~2.05 is a source-only release, and it can be compiled up using
+GHC~2.08 is a source-only release, and it can be compiled up using
 either GHC~2.02 (or subsequent bugfix releases) or the Good Old
 Compiler, GHC~0.29. Compiling with 0.29 is recommended if you're
 a performance junkie, as 0.29 (still) generates zippier code, but
-GHC~2.04 is catching up.
+GHC~2.08 is catching up.
 
 \item[Build GHC from intermediate C \tr{.hc} files:] 
 You need a working GHC to use a source distribution. What if you don't
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ If in doubt, please send a message to \tr{glasgow-haskell-bugs@dcs.gla.ac.uk}.
 
 %************************************************************************
 %*									*
-\section[port-info]{What machines the Glasgow tools, version~2.05, run on}
+\section[port-info]{What machines the Glasgow tools, version~2.08, run on}
 \index{ports, GHC}
 \index{GHC ports}
 \index{supported platforms}
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ unsurprisingly.  Both have native-code generators, for quicker
 compilations.  The native-code generator for iX86 platforms (e.g.,
 Linux ELF) is {\em nearly} working; but is not turned on by default.
 
-Here's everything that's known about GHC ports, as of 2.05. We
+Here's everything that's known about GHC ports, as of 2.08. We
 identify platforms by their ``canonical'' CPU/Manufacturer/OS triple.
 
 Note that some ports are fussy about which GCC version you use; or
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Concurrent/Parallel Haskell probably don't work (yet).
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------
 \item[\tr{i386-*-linux} (PCs running Linux---ELF format):]
 \index{i386-*-linux: registerised port}
-GHC~2.05 works registerised.
+GHC~2.08 works registerised.
 You {\em must} have GCC 2.7.x or later.
 The iX86 native-code generator is {\em nearly} there, but it
 isn't turned on by default.
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ On old Linux a.out systems: should be the same.
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------
 \item[\tr{i386-*-freebsd} (PCs running FreeBSD 2.2 or higher, and
 NetBSD/OpenBSD using FreeBSD emulation):] \index{i386-*-freebsd:
-registerised port} GHC~2.05 works registerised. Supports same set of
+registerised port} GHC~2.08 works registerised. Supports same set of
 bundles as the above.
 
 \index{i386-*-freebsd: profiling---yes}
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ Profiling works, so does Concurrent Haskell.
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------
 \item[\tr{mips-sgi-irix5}:]
 \index{mips-sgi-irix5: registerised port}
-GHC~2.05 works registerised (no native-code generator).
+GHC~2.08 works registerised (no native-code generator).
 I suspect any GCC~2.6.x (or later) is OK.  The GCC that I used
 was built with \tr{--with-gnu-as}; turns out that is important!
 
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ Profiling might work, but it is untested.
 \item[\tr{mips-sgi-irix6}:]
 \index{mips-sgi-irix6: registerised port}
 Thanks to the fine efforts of Tomasz Cholewo
-\tr{<tjchol01@mecca.spd.louisville.edu>}, GHC~2.05 works registerised
+\tr{<tjchol01@mecca.spd.louisville.edu>}, GHC~2.08 works registerised
 (no native code generator) under IRIX 6.2 and 6.3. Depends on having
 specially tweaked version of gcc-2.7.2 around, which can be downloaded
 from
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ Profiling works, Concurrent/Parallel Haskell might work (AFAIK, untested).
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------
 \item[\tr{powerpc-ibm-aix}:]
 \index{powerpc-ibm-aix: registerised port}
-GHC~2.05 works registerised (no native-code generator..yet).
+GHC~2.08 works registerised (no native-code generator..yet).
 I suspect 2.7.x is what you need together with this.
 
 Concurrent/Parallel Haskell probably don't work (yet).
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ Concurrent/Parallel Haskell probably won't work (yet).
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------
 \item[\tr{m68k-sun-sunos4} (Sun3):]
 \index{m68k-sun-sunos4: registerised port}
-GHC~2.05 hasn't been tried on a Sun3.  GHC~0.26 worked registerised.
+GHC~2.08 hasn't been tried on a Sun3.  GHC~0.26 worked registerised.
 No native-code generator.
 
 Concurrent/Parallel Haskell probably don't work (yet).
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ one bundle per file called \tr{<bundle>-<platform>.tar.gz}.
 Suppose that you untar a binary-distribution bundle, thus:
 \begin{verbatim}
   % cd /your/scratch/space
-  % gunzip < ghc-2.02-sun-sparc-solaris2.tar.gz | tar xvf -
+  % gunzip < ghc-2.08-sun-sparc-solaris2.tar.gz | tar xvf -
 \end{verbatim}
 Then you should find a single directory, @fptools@, with the following
 structure:
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ directly by the user.  These are the files that must end up in your path.
 \item[@lib/<platform>@] contains platform-specific support files for the installation.
 Typically there is a subdirectory for each @fptools@ project, whose name is
 the name of the project with its version number.
-For example, for GHC 2.02 there would be a sub-directory @ghc-2.02/@.
+For example, for GHC 2.08 there would be a sub-directory @ghc-2.08/@.
 
 These sub-directories have the following general structure:
 \begin{description}
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ This structure is designed so that you can unpack multiple bundles (including
 ones from different releases or platforms) into a single @fptools@ directory:
 \begin{verbatim}
   % cd /your/scratch/space
-  % gunzip < ghc-2.02-sun-sparc-solaris2.tar.gz | tar xvf -
+  % gunzip < ghc-2.08-sun-sparc-solaris2.tar.gz | tar xvf -
   % gunzip < happy-1.09-sun-sparc-sunos4.tar.gz | tar xvf -
 \end{verbatim}
 When you do multiple unpacks like this, the top level @Makefile@, @README@,
@@ -518,17 +518,17 @@ If things don't work as expected, check the list of know pitfalls
 \end{enumerate}
 
 When installing the user-invokable binaries, this installation
-procedure will install, say, @GHC@ version 2.02 as @ghc-2.02@.  It
+procedure will install, say, @GHC@ version 2.08 as @ghc-2.08@.  It
 will also make a link (in the binary installation directory) from
-@ghc@ to @ghc-2.02@.  If you install multiple versions of GHC then the
+@ghc@ to @ghc-2.08@.  If you install multiple versions of GHC then the
 last one ``wins'', and ``@ghc@'' will invoke the last one installed.
-You can change this manually if you want.  But regardless, @ghc-2.02@
-should always invoke @GHC@ version 2.02.
+You can change this manually if you want.  But regardless, @ghc-2.08@
+should always invoke @GHC@ version 2.08.
 
 \subsection{What bundles there are}
 
 There are plenty of ``non-basic'' GHC bundles.  The files for them are
-called \tr{ghc-2.05-<bundle>-<platform>.tar.gz}, where the
+called \tr{ghc-2.08-<bundle>-<platform>.tar.gz}, where the
 \tr{<platform>} is as above, and \tr{<bundle>} is one of these:
 \begin{description}
 \item[\tr{prof}:]  Profiling with cost-centres.  You probably want this.
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ main = putStr "Hello, world!\n"
 First, give yourself a convenient way to execute the driver script
 \tr{ghc/driver/ghc}, perhaps something like...
 \begin{verbatim}
-% ln -s /local/src/ghc-2.05/ghc/driver/ghc ~/bin/alpha/ghc
+% ln -s /local/src/ghc-2.08/ghc/driver/ghc ~/bin/alpha/ghc
 % rehash
 \end{verbatim}
 
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ installation, this bug also suggests that you have an old GCC.
 \item
 You {\em may} need to re-\tr{ranlib} your libraries (on Sun4s).
 \begin{verbatim}
-% cd $(libdir)/ghc-2.05/sparc-sun-sunos4
+% cd $(libdir)/ghc-2.08/sparc-sun-sunos4
 % foreach i ( `find . -name '*.a' -print` ) # or other-shell equiv...
 ?    ranlib $i
 ?    # or, on some machines: ar s $i