## Summary (This is from a report on the FP Discord) > No, I downloaded ghc-9.14.1-src.tar.xz and worked from there. > > So, it did not have `boot`, but `./configure `worked well enough. > > After I manually copied `.cabal.in` to `.cabal` in `ghc-internal` and `ghc-experimental`, the build progressed - and complained about missing DejaVu fonts, which are installed on my computer. Investigation showed that both `conf.py` did not define them correctly. > > After fixing that too, build completed - although with a bunch of LaTeX errors, which probably impacted the quality of the output and made at least some text broken. For example, the table that lists the versions of the included libraries on page 13, is formatted differently - and takes a couple of pages less in the PDF that I generated. In total, my file has 893 pages in total, while the “good” one - 910. So it sounds like 1. `configure` fails to initialize `ghc-internal` and `ghc-experimental` 2. something is wrong with finding fonts 3. something, possibly related, is wrong with users guide generation For what it's worth, I built from git following the normal build rules aside from `git switch -c ghc-9.14.1-release`, and I didn't get errors about missing cabal files and my `users_guide.pdf` has the correct number of pages. ## Steps to reproduce ``` tar xv ghc-9.14.1.tar.xz ./configure hadrian/build -j docs --docs=no-haddocks --docs=no-sphinx-html --docs=no-sphinx-man ``` ## Expected behavior It should build ghc and create `users_guide.pdf`. ## Environment * GHC version used: 9.12.2 (boot compiler) Optional: * Operating System: MacOS Tahoe 26.2 * System Architecture: AArch64 * Cabal 3.16.1.0, Stack 3.9.0.1, XCode 16.4