On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 04:01:54PM +0200, Alexey Luchko wrote: > I was trying to install ghc and faced the same problem with > ghc-bootstrap 7.0.4_0 as others. > https://trac.macports.org/search?q=ghc-bootstrap&noquickjump=1&portsummarysearch=on
What problem do you have that others have? The only ticket left open in this query is https://trac.macports.org/ticket/36996, and while that's somewhat annoying, it doesn't break anything. > But I was trying to install a prebuilt package of ghc. It is ghc > @7.6.3_4 +gcc48. ghc-bootstrap is stated as build dependency. But I > don't build anything. As far as I can imagine there is no need in > ghc-bootstrap in this case. You're right, there's no need to install ghc-bootstrap in this case. I'm currently using the active_variants portgroup to ensure ghc-bootstrap was installed with the same variants as ghc is going to be. However, the active_variants portgroup doesn't know about build dependencies and that they might not be required when installing from a binary package. That's a bug in said portgroup. I am aware of the issue for about a week now, but haven't had time to cook up a fix. > So I wonder is ghc-bootstrap really required for installing prebuilt > ghc package? (I don't mean port implementation details. :) No, it's not. You can safely remove it after having it installed, too. -- Clemens Lang _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
