>
> You should not use the release flavour for development because it omits
> all recompilation info (for packaging determinism reasons). So, when using
> that flavour, recompilation checking does not work.


wow, thank you -- I had no idea.  That would be super useful info to add to
https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/blob/master/hadrian/doc/flavours.md

I believe you should be able to use almost any other flavour. For example,
> --devel2 will be able to run the docs target.


how can I tell which flavour(s) can "run the docs target"?

Simon

On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 at 14:34, Sam Derbyshire <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Simon,
>
> You should not use the release flavour for development because it omits
> all recompilation info (for packaging determinism reasons). So, when using
> that flavour, recompilation checking does not work.
>
> I believe you should be able to use almost any other flavour. For example,
> --devel2 will be able to run the docs target.
>
> Sam
>
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