diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.10.3-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.10.3-notes.xml index e17d96a453e80c0ff5e6b941ffc06f865bd7b980..358d9fcc55d3d649470f73bc4be2601ea09a12f5 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/7.10.3-notes.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/7.10.3-notes.xml @@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ ARM support should be substantially more reliable as the compiler now takes precautions to avoid linking against Thumb code (<ulink href="https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10375">Trac #10375</ulink>). + Unfortunately the fix involved breaking some configurations. See the + entry in the "Known Bugs" section below. </para> </listitem> @@ -152,6 +154,30 @@ <sect2> <title>Known bugs</title> <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>Cabal</literal> release shipped with this GHC release lacks + support for response files, a mechanism used on Windows to workaround the + low command-line length limit on that platform. For this reason you + may experience line length issues when building Haddock documentation with Cabal + on Windows. + </para> + <para> + At the time of release there is a <ulink + href="https://github.com/haskell/cabal/commit/1c1228a808b55331ac1db6d71fd2f8533f5fc57e">fix</ulink> + in the <literal>Cabal</literal> upstream respository, although it is not yet + present in a release. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Unfortunately the fix for + <ulink href="https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10375">Trac #10375</ulink> + required that support for the ARM Thumb instruction set be disabled. + See <ulink href="https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11058">Trac + #11058</ulink> for details. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect2> </sect1>