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99Stack supports building the GHC compiler from source, using
1010[ Hadrian] ( https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/blob/master/hadrian/README.md ) (the
11- build system for GHC). The GHC version to build and to use is defined by a a Git
12- commit ID and a Hadrian "flavour", with the following syntax in a YAML
11+ build system for GHC). The GHC version to be built and used is defined by a
12+ Git commit ID and a Hadrian "flavour", with the following syntax in a YAML
1313configuration file:
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1515~~~ yaml
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4040Building the compiler can take a very long time (more than one hour). For faster
4141build times, use Hadrian flavours that disable documentation generation.
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43+ !!! note
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45+ The building of the compiler can require the creation of symbolic links
46+ (symlinks). On Windows, symlinks can only be created by processes with
47+ Administrator privileges unless Windows' Developer Mode has been set.
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4349### Bootstrap compiler
4450
4551Building GHC from source requires a working GHC (known as the bootstrap
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