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Improve wording around FreeBSD support

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Julian Ospald 2023-03-11 21:26:16 +08:00
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@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ For Linux, macOS, FreeBSD or Windows Subsystem 2 for Linux, run this in a termin
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | sh
```
Notice that only FreeBSD 13.x is supported. If the installation fails, complaining about `libncursesw.8.so`, you will need to install FreeBSD 12 compat package first, for example, `pkg install compat12x-amd64-12.2.1202000.20210406`.
For Windows, run this in a PowerShell session:
```psh
@ -79,6 +77,8 @@ On Darwin M1 you might also need a working llvm installed (e.g. via brew) and ha
The following distro packages are required: `curl gcc gmp gmake ncurses perl5 libffi libiconv`
Notice that only FreeBSD 13.x is supported. If the installation fails, complaining about `libncursesw.8.so`, you will need to install FreeBSD 12 compat package first, for example, `pkg install misc/compat12x`.
### Windows
On Windows, msys2 should already have been set up during the installation, so most users should just proceed. If you are installing manually, make sure to have a working mingw64 toolchain and shell.
@ -233,8 +233,9 @@ There are various issues with GHC itself.
### FreeBSD
Lacks some upstream bindists and may need compat libs, since most bindists are built on FreeBSD-12.
Lacks some upstream bindists and may need compat libs (such as `misc/compat12x`).
HLS bindists are experimental.
Only latest FreeBSD is generally supported.
### Linux ARMv7/AARCH64