Changes between Version 22 and Version 23 of Building/MacOSX

Timestamp:

07/14/11 05:31:07 (23 months ago)

Author:

igloo

Comment:

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Building/MacOSX

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 = Building on MacOS X =
+
+These instructions were last updated for GHC 7.2.
 
 == Get the latest development tools ==
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 == Building the distribution ==
-The following instructions are from Audrey Tang
 
-Install the 6.4.1 bindist, download both source
-tarballs from http://haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_66.html
-and extract both; 
+Install a binary GHC distribution: either from a bindist (.tar.bz2) or from an installer (.pkg).
 
-cd into ghc-6.6; sh configure; make; make install.
+Download the source tarball from http://haskell.org/ghc/download.html
 
-Then create mk/build.mk with one line:
+Untar it and change into the directory it unpacks into. Then run
+{{{
+./configure
+make
+}}}
+to build it.
 
-BIN_DIST=1
-
-then "make binary-dist", and tar the ghc-6.6/ directory produced.
+You can then either install it, with
+{{{
+make install
+}}}
+or make a binary distribution with
+{{{
+make binary-dist
+}}}
 
 == Building installer packages ==