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| author | Andrey Mokhov <andrey.mokhov@gmail.com> | 2019-01-10 23:18:47 (GMT) |
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| committer | Ben Gamari <ben@well-typed.com> | 2019-01-14 14:30:40 (GMT) |
| commit | ef8fedc17355b9f9b5dd08521248462be25c324c (patch) | |
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Clarify when to follow the instructions in doc/windows.md.
See https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/merge_requests/100#note_2349.
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diff --git a/hadrian/README.md b/hadrian/README.md index 9909f10..2400699 100644 --- a/hadrian/README.md +++ b/hadrian/README.md @@ -40,10 +40,14 @@ or simply `-c`. See the overview of command line flags below. Notes: -* If the default build script doesn't work, you might want to give a try to -another one, e.g. based on Cabal sandboxes (`build.cabal.*`) or -Stack (`build.stack.*`). Also see -[instructions for building GHC on Windows using Stack][windows-build]. +* If the default build script doesn't work, you might want to try another one, +e.g. based on Cabal sandboxes (`build.cabal.*`), Stack (`build.stack.*`) or Nix +(`build.stack.nix.*`). + +* On Windows, if you do not want to install MSYS, you can use the Stack-based +build script (Stack provides a managed MSYS environment), as described in +[these instructions][windows-build]. If you don't mind installing MSYS yourself +or already have it, you can use the Cabal-based build script. * Hadrian is written in Haskell and depends on `shake` (plus a few packages that `shake` depends on), `mtl`, `quickcheck`, and GHC core libraries. |