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Re #6675 Clarify effect of --no-install-ghc re MSYS2 on Windows
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Default: Enabled
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Enables/disables the download and instalation of GHC if necessary. For further
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information, see the documentation for the corresponding non-project specific
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configuration [option](yaml/non-project.md#install-ghc).
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Enables/disables the download and installation of GHC when necessary. On
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Windows, `--no-install-ghc` also disables the download and installation of the
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Stack-supplied MSYS2 when necessary. For further information, see the
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documentation for the corresponding non-project specific configuration
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[option](yaml/non-project.md#install-ghc).
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## `--jobs` or `-j` option
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doc/configure/yaml/non-project.md

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Command line equivalent (takes precedence): `--[no-]install-ghc` flag
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Whether or not to automatically install GHC when necessary.
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Whether or not to download and install GHC when necessary. On Windows,
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`install-ghc: false` also disables the download and installation of the
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Stack-supplied MSYS2 when necessary.
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## jobs
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