> Simon Marlow wrote:
> >
> > > I saw in a recent CVS commit log that the -syslib flag in some
> > > Makefiles was being changed to -package. Tell me this
> rumour isn't
> > > true!
> I don't mind particularly, although I shall have to change a line or
> two in my Makefiles. It might prevent me being pestered by students
> (yes, term has just started here) if you made "-syslib"
> output a helpful
> message (like "-syslib no longer supported; please use
> -package instead").
> And also I'd appreciate it if you'd make a new HTML version
> of the documentation
> available. (Most of the machines here are Sparc/Solaris
> which can't run
> DocBook, so regenerating from the current sources is tricky.)
Oh, I forgot to mention. Of course we'll leave -syslib operational for at
least another release cycle to ease the changeover.
Cheers,
Simon