On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 19:16:48 +0100, Alex Ferguson wrote:
> My next worry is that when I try to build ghc from source on an Alpha,
> I'll get bitten on the bum by the ghc-needs-Happy-needs-(recent)-ghc
> syndrome, or otherwise spend mucho time wrestling with the Happy
> build setup to get round this.

Generate the two happy generated files manually, on a machine with a working
happy...

ghc/compiler/rename/ParseIface.y
ghc/compiler/parser/Parser.y


To fool `configure', make a shell script `happy', like:
----
#! /bin/sh
cat <<EOM
Happy Version 1.6
EOM
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Cheers,
Michael
-- 
If it doesn't work, force it.
If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

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