Hi greg,
Gregory Wright schrieb:
The ghc distribution on MacPorts doesn't support 6.8.1 yet because I
haven't finished porting it.
I have already figured out that ghc via MacPorts only works if you have
a working version of ghc on board, which I have not, so this is not an
option for me right now.
The whole 6.8.1 release is sort of a mess. Our old bootstrap compiler on
ppc (version 6.4) seems
not to be able to build 6.8.1, contrary to expectations. I can get
6.6.1 to build 6.8.1, so I may just
have to update the bootstrap compiler. (Updating the bootstrap compiler
is a fair amount of work,
mostly to check that no unnecessary dependencies get included. This is
essential so that the
process "just works" for most people.)
I had asked on this list several days ago if anyone knew what versions
of ghc were capable
of building 6.8.1 and received no answer to this question. AFAIK, only
6.6.1 is capable of building
6.8.1, despite the the website's advertising that any version > 6.0
should be sufficient.
(The libraries for 6.8.1 seem to need 6.2 or later.)
Thanks for the detailed insight - however, I'm afraid I won't be able to
help you in any way with these issues.
Best,
Carsten
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