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On Windows in order to build GHC and to be able to create a binary
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distribution package some extra binaries are needed. These binaries
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only have to be downloaded once. This flag serves as
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[ consent](https://phabricator.haskell.org/D339#7799) to allow the
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[consent](https://phabricator.haskell.org/D339#7799) to allow the
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automatic download of dependencies if they are missing. It is
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fine to leave the flag in even if you already have the tarballs.
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(default: `NO`)
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When set to `YES`, dependencies on the ghc executable will be turned into
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order-only dependencies (c.f. [ relevant make documentation](http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Prerequisite-Types.html)).
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order-only dependencies (c.f. [relevant make documentation](http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Prerequisite-Types.html)).
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What this means in practice is that less needless recompilation will be
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done while you are making changes to ghc's sources, but for certain types
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of changes it means the build will fail.
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