#3598: ghc-stage2 binary name confusing for users
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Reporter: juhpetersen | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Build System | Version: 6.12.0 RC1
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Testcase:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
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Comment (by juhpetersen):
Sorry keep forgeting trac using wiki markup...
{{{
> $ ghc
> ghc-stage2: no input files
> Usage: For basic information, try the `--help' option.
}}}
{{{
> $ ghc --help
> Usage:
>
> ghc-stage2 [command-line-options-and-input-files]
>
> To compile and link a complete Haskell program, run the compiler like
> so:
>
> ghc-stage2 --make Main
> :
> Alternatively, ghc-stage2 can be used to compile files individually.
Each
> input file is guided through (some of the) possible phases of a
> compilation:
> :
> Given the above, here are some TYPICAL invocations of ghc-stage2:
>
> # compile a Haskell module to a .o file, optimising:
> % ghc-stage2 -c -O Foo.hs
> # link three .o files into an executable called "test":
> % ghc-stage2 -o test Foo.o Bar.o Baz.o
> # compile a Haskell module to C (a .hc file), using a bigger heap:
> % ghc-stage2 -C -H16m Foo.hs
> # compile Haskell-produced C (.hc) to assembly language:
> % ghc-stage2 -S Foo.hc
}}}
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