On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Hemanth Kapila <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am not able to figure out the exact dependency issue here - apparently, > libHSrts cannot be built with the system version of libiconv (configure > step fails), while at the same time "ghc-stage1" relies on some system tool > that needs older version of libiconv. > Is that a fair picture of the problem? I wondered why this does not occur > for ghc-7.8.4 distributed sources. > So presumably ghc HEAD requires a newer iconv now, presumably for better encoding handling. Many things do, which is why both MacPorts and Homebrew include the newer one (and then must hack around incompatibility) instead of sticking to Apple's. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates [email protected] [email protected] unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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