From 2e0501628bdc3b8b86c3cedec57cdbe0b72f3501 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Ospald Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 14:04:21 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about compilation issues to known problems in README.md --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7eeadbe..8c09037 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -64,9 +64,19 @@ See `ghcup --help`. ## Known problems +### Precompiled binaries + Since this uses precompiled binaries you may run into problems with ncurses and missing libtinfo, in case your distribution doesn't use the legacy way of building ncurses and has no compatibility symlinks in place. Ask your distributor on how to solve this. + +### Compilation + +Although this script can compile GHC for you, it's just a very thing +wrapper around the build system. It makes no effort in trying +to figure out whether you have the current toolchain and +the correct dependencies. Refer to [the official docs](https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Preparation/Linux) +on how to prepare your environment for building GHC.