#5874: Document autoconf dependency in README
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Reporter: JamesFisher | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: Build System
Version: 7.4.1 | Keywords:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Failure: None/Unknown | Testcase:
Blockedby: | Blocking:
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The {{{boot}}} script calls {{{autoreconf}}} on line 204. If not present
this gives the error message
{{{
[...]
Booting .
Can't exec "autoreconf": No such file or directory at boot line 204,
<PKGS> line 2.
Running autoreconf failed with exitcode -1 at boot line 204, <PKGS> line
2.
}}}
For those following the {{{README}}} to build GHC for the first time this
is unfriendly. I had to Google to find that I had to install the
{{{autoconf}}} package (on Ubuntu).
The dependency on {{{autoconf}}} should be documented in {{{README}}}.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5874>
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