From b2ed3f37489556aac46a825fe0ae3c6020445363 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sof <unknown>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 23:54:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 1997-09-03 23:54:25 by sof] Make sure TMPDIR is
exported
---
docs/installing.lit | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/installing.lit b/docs/installing.lit
index 60675c6ba4f4..49f3586f84b4 100644
--- a/docs/installing.lit
+++ b/docs/installing.lit
@@ -702,6 +702,10 @@ Unlikely.}
This is a quite-a-bit-better-than-Lex lexer. Used in the
literate-programming stuff. You won't need it unless you're hacking
on some of our more obscure stuff.
+On our machines, the version in @/bin@ doesn't work; you need the
+GNU version. Find out by saying @flex --version@ (our current version
+is 2.5.3, but maybe earlier ones will work). If it doesn't know about
+the @--version@ flag, it ain't the right @flex@.
\item[Yacc:]
\index{pre-supposed: non-worthless Yacc}
@@ -1644,7 +1648,7 @@ shell of your choice).
The best way around it is to say
\begin{verbatim}
- TMPDIR=<dir>
+export TMPDIR=<dir>
\end{verbatim}
in your @build.mk@ file.
Then GHC and the other @fptools@ programs will use the appropriate directory
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