Volker Stolz writes:
Where did you find those instructions?
At http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/ghc/docs/latest/html/building/sec-cvs.html: | 2.4. Updating Your Source Tree | | It can be tempting to cvs update just part of a source tree to bring in | some changes that someone else has made, or before committing your own | changes. This is NOT RECOMMENDED! [...] | | So, to avoid a lot of hassle, follow this recipe for updating your tree: | | $ cd fptools | $ cvs update -Pd 2>&1 | tee log The '-P' flag (prune) suppresses empty directories in the update.
You probably won't need greencard anyway, so maybe it's best to wipe it from the disk (and all the other unrelated stuff).
I have no problem with that. I think this situation is unsatisfactory, though, I'll have to cvs-update my source repository in two, maybe three separate steps, to avoid checking everything out _again_. Peter Alastair: Thanks a lot for the detailed reply! I'll take a look at the build again; maybe I can get this problem fixed after all.