7.10.1 documenation is incorrect wrt supported llvm version
As documented in #9929 (closed) ghc 7.10.1 only supports llvm 3.5.
This should be documented in the release notes section of the GHC Users's Guide, Version 7.10.1.
In addition, the following in the Known bugs section needs to be changed to mention this also:
GHC’s LLVM backend is currently incompatible with LLVM 3.4 (issue #9929 (closed)).
The following in section 4.11.2 should also be changed from:
Currently LLVM 2.8 and later are supported.
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Only LLVM 3.5 is supported.
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Secondly, if you are running Mac OS X with LLVM 3.0 or greater
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Secondly, if you are running Mac OS X with LLVM 3.5
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In order to use the LLVM based code generator, you should install the Homebrew package manager for OS X.
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In order to use the LLVM based code generator, you should install the Homebrew package manager for OS X and then install LLVM 3.5