On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 17:06:01 +, Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk wrote:
> BTW, I see lack of standard way of conveniently installing a Haskell
> library. For example c2hs installs in its own subdirectory and provides a
> script c2hs-config which outputs compiler and linker flags necessary to
> li
Simon Marlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,
> > Don't know about binary dists, but I compiled 4.06 from source and
> > it did install directly in /usr/local/lib, which is IMHO not so good.
> > Many files used by a single package should generally go to a separate
> > subdirectory. I reran ./configure
Malcolm Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,
> Can I propose a change to the -i / -I flags? Currently, the -idir (or
> -Idir) options add a directory to the search path for imports. This
> directory is either relative to the current dir, or absolute. My
> suggestion is that it could also be used
> Just a few remarks and personal opinions from a RPM builder's view:
>
>* IMHO the whole /usr/local hierarchy is completely obsolete for
> and "real" programs should only be used for quick local hacks.
> => GHC should reside under /usr/{bin,lib,include}
I'd rather say that the use
I must admit I'm surprised by the reaction to my suggestion. Here /usr is shared
between lots of machines and there is no question of my installing GHC in /usr/bin
or anything like it. (The few system adminstrators here are all honest, overworked,
and sadly incorruptible.) My original problem w
Simon Marlow wrote:
> I think on reflection that /usr/local/lib/ghc or
> /usr/local/lib/ghc-4.06 would be a better choice than
> /usr/local/lib.
Just a few remarks and personal opinions from a RPM builder's view:
* IMHO the whole /usr/local hierarchy is completely obsolete for
and "real"
> Don't know about binary dists, but I compiled 4.06 from source and
> it did install directly in /usr/local/lib, which is IMHO not so good.
> Many files used by a single package should generally go to a separate
> subdirectory. I reran ./configure with some option to install in
> /usr/local/lib/
> GHC maintainers: this is definitely a FAQ - is it mentioned on the GHC
> download page?
Yes :)
http://www.haskell.org/ghc/faq_406.html
Simon
On the Haskell list, Bill Halchin writes:
> I am trying to build the HaXML stuff and the linker (ld) is
> looking for an archive, gmp.a, which I don't have installed. Can
> anybody lead me in the right direction??
[queries like this should really go to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> > Maybe there should be a standard place to put Haskell interfaces and
> > libraries/objects. As there can be many modules in a package and thus
> > many interfaces, and collisions between module names are harmless in
> > a case where both are not used in the same program, interfaces should
> >
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