A few documentation updates

gf.cabal: include more GHC versions in the Tested-Width field.
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hallgren
2016-06-16 15:09:45 +00:00
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@@ -465,11 +465,16 @@ support by doing
```
cabal install -fserver -fc-runtime
```
from the top directory. This give you two new things:
from the top directory. This give you three new things:
- ``PGF2``: a module to import in Haskell programs, providing a binding to
the C run-time system.
- The GF shell can be started with ``gf -cshell`` or ``gf -crun`` to use
the C run-time system instead of the Haskell run-time system.
Only limited functionality is available when running the shell in these
modes (use the ``help`` command in the shell for details).
- ``gf -server`` mode is extended with new requests to call the C run-time
system, e.g. ``c-parse``, ``c-linearize`` and ``c-translate``.
@@ -482,7 +487,9 @@ directories, respecively. Compile them by following the instructions in
the ``INSTALL`` files in those directories.
== Creating .deb packages for Ubuntu ==
== Creating binary distribution packages ==
=== Creating .deb packages for Ubuntu ===
This was tested on Ubuntu 14.04 for the release of GF 3.6, and the
resulting ``.deb`` packages appears to work on Ubuntu 12.04, 13.10 and 14.04.
@@ -492,13 +499,13 @@ tested them on Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04.
Under Ubuntu, Haskell executables are statically linked against other Haskell
libraries, so the .deb packages are fairly self-contained.
=== Preparations ===
==== Preparations ====
```
sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev debhelper
```
=== Creating the package ===
==== Creating the package ====
Make sure the ``debian/changelog`` starts with an entry that describes the
version you are building. Then run
@@ -507,7 +514,13 @@ version you are building. Then run
make deb
```
== Creating OS X Installer packages ==
If get error messages about missing dependencies
(e.g. ``autoconf``, ``automake``, ``libtool-bin``, ``python-dev``,
``java-sdk``, ``txt2tags``)
use ``apt-get intall`` to install them, then try again.
=== Creating OS X Installer packages ===
Run
@@ -515,7 +528,15 @@ Run
make pkg
```
== Creating .rpm packages for Fedora ==
=== Creating binary tar distributions ===
Run
```
make bintar
```
=== Creating .rpm packages for Fedora ===
This is possible, but the procedure has not been automated.
It involves using the cabal-rpm tool,