From 8fc638489c33336419825f220acbe18d9658e3a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sof <unknown>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 09:13:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 1997-07-27 09:13:43 by sof] Updated for 2.05
---
docs/installing.lit | 32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/installing.lit b/docs/installing.lit
index 58fb8dc693de..60675c6ba4f4 100644
--- a/docs/installing.lit
+++ b/docs/installing.lit
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
% Building and installing the Glasgow Functional Programming Tools Suite
%
-% Version 2.04
-% June 1997
+% Version 2.05
+% July 1997
\begin{onlystandalone}
\documentstyle[11pt,literate]{article}
\begin{document}
\title{Building and installing the Glasgow Functional Programming Tools Suite\\
-Version~2.04}
+Version~2.05}
\author{The GHC Team\\
Department of Computing Science\\
University of Glasgow\\
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ 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~2.04 is a source-only release, and it can be compiled up using
-either GHC~2.02 (or the bugfix release, GHC~2.03) or the Good Old
+GHC~2.05 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.
@@ -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~2.04, run on}
+\section[port-info]{What machines the Glasgow tools, version~2.05, 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 2.04. We
+Here's everything that's known about GHC ports, as of 2.05. 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~2.04 works registerised.
+GHC~2.05 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~2.04 works registerised. Supports same set of
+registerised port} GHC~2.05 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~2.04 works registerised (no native-code generator).
+GHC~2.05 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~2.04 works registerised
+\tr{<tjchol01@mecca.spd.louisville.edu>}, GHC~2.05 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~2.04 works registerised (no native-code generator..yet).
+GHC~2.05 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~2.04 hasn't been tried on a Sun3. GHC~0.26 worked registerised.
+GHC~2.05 hasn't been tried on a Sun3. GHC~0.26 worked registerised.
No native-code generator.
Concurrent/Parallel Haskell probably don't work (yet).
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ should always invoke @GHC@ version 2.02.
\subsection{What bundles there are}
There are plenty of ``non-basic'' GHC bundles. The files for them are
-called \tr{ghc-2.04-<bundle>-<platform>.tar.gz}, where the
+called \tr{ghc-2.05-<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-2.04/ghc/driver/ghc ~/bin/alpha/ghc
+% ln -s /local/src/ghc-2.05/ghc/driver/ghc ~/bin/alpha/ghc
% rehash
\end{verbatim}
@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ 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-2.04/sparc-sun-sunos4
+% cd $(libdir)/ghc-2.05/sparc-sun-sunos4
% foreach i ( `find . -name '*.a' -print` ) # or other-shell equiv...
? ranlib $i
? # or, on some machines: ar s $i
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