> Running configure in the current fptools snapshot requires Happy 1.9:
>
> checking for happy... /home/reid/local/bin/happy
> checking for version of happy... configure: error: Happy
> version 1.9 or later is required to compile GHC.
>
> but, silly me, I only have Happy 1.8:
>
> $ happy --version
> Happy Version 1.8 Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Andy Gill, Simon
> Marlow (c) 1997-2000 Simon Marlow
>
> Is there an official way to get round this or shall I just hack the
> configure script to omit the check and then make sure I bootstrap
> happy before I try to bootstrap ghc?
>
> This seems to happen every time happy gets updated. Could you add a
> description of the solution to the "how to use CVS" instructions
> please?
Delete your installed version of Happy. As long as you have the Happy
sources in fptools/happy the configure script won't complain, so you can
build & make install in fptools/happy before going on to build GHC.
Cheers,
Simon
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