andrew: > I run a source based linux distro called Heretix, and I want to make a ghc > package which will install with or without an existing ghc. At the moment, we > supply a binary-ghc package, whch is a prerequisite of the from-source ghc > package. > > It seems to me that I can prepare HC tarballs for my target platforms (x86, > x86_64) which will remove the need for the ghc-binary package. My questions: > > 1) Can I produce 'registered' hc files? The build manual bangs on about cross > compiling unregistered hc files, which isn't really what I need. > > 2) Would a ghc built from registered hgc files every bit as good and complete > as a normally bootstrapped ghc?
Yes, the OpenBSD versions of GHC build from registerised .hc tar balls. It's fast. If you're interested in this path, check out: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/lang/ghc/ > If 1) and 2) then > > 3) Why don't you guys supply hc tarballs for bootstrapping on common > platforms? They would seem to be rather more versatile than the usual rpms > and binary tarballs. Most distros are using binary bootstrapping. I think OpenBSD is the only one building from .hc src. -- Don _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users