However, I'm still confused. If I look at
http://cvs.haskell.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/fptools/libraries/network/Netw ork/Socket.hsc
then it although it has a different name it says it's the same thing
and I
couldn't find anything called SocketPrim.hsc.
The network library moved from hslibs/net to libraries/network after version 5.02.x. libraries/network/Network/Socket.hsc is what used to be hslibs/net/SocketPrim.hsc. The contents of hslibs/net is now just stubs that re-export the new libraries, so someone using the old interface still gets the same stuff.
I think from what you said in one of your previous emails that I need to build the whole of ghc. Am I correct? If so I think I follow the instructions in the building guide unless there is some other documentation you think I should look at?
The building guide is the right place to look. Cheers, Simon