From f026ced94799be0652bf493e2fa908b00c67fc9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: simonmar <unknown>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:13:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 2005-02-07 11:13:35 by simonmar] Mention that GHC
 is required for building GHC.

---
 README | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index fa07e73d6f8b..0adcfdd9a20c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -34,10 +34,15 @@ Quick start:  the following is *supposed* to work
 	$ make install
 
 where 'make' is whatever GNU make is called on your system (GNU make
-is *required*).  The configuration script is a standard GNU autoconf
-script which accepts all the normal arguments, eg. --prefix=<blah> to
-install the package somewhere other than /usr/local.  Try ./configure
---help to get a full list of the options.
+is *required*).  If there are any other tools required for the build,
+then the configure script will detect them and tell you if any are
+missing.  For example, a working GHC installation is required for
+building most of the tools (including GHC itself).
+
+The configuration script is a standard GNU autoconf script which
+accepts all the normal arguments, eg. --prefix=<blah> to install the
+package somewhere other than /usr/local.  Try ./configure --help to
+get a full list of the options.
 
 There is usually an ANNOUNCE* file with any distribution.  Please
 consult that, or the <piece>/README file, to find out how to proceed.
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