#5849: Buliding on arm broke in 7.4.1 -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Reporter: nomeata | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: 7.4.2 Component: Runtime System | Version: 7.4.1 Keywords: | Os: Linux Architecture: arm | Failure: Building GHC failed Difficulty: Unknown | Testcase: Blockedby: | Blocking: Related: | -------------------------------+--------------------------------------------
Comment(by igloo): Replying to [ticket:5849 nomeata]: > As you can see here: > https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=ghc&arch=armel > the GHC build fails on armel on Debian, and the change was introduced between the last release candidate and the final release. This is not a good time to make such changes, as it makes testing the release candidates somewhat obsolete. *slightgrumble* Sorry. Other Arm users had reported that the compiler was broken without these patches. As the patches could only affect the Arm platform (as the changes are all inside CPP conditionals), and as the platform was apparently broken without them, it seemed safe to put them in. We could have put out another RC, but that would have meant more man hours, at least another week's delay, and there are diminishing returns on RCs - the more we put out, the fewer people are able to find time to test them. Incidentally, 4647278919ce724717db93af605741b4a419b3b2 is also involved. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5849#comment:4> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-bugs mailing list Glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs