Bootstrapping using a C compiler (was: RE: Can't compile GHC)

2005-05-10 Thread Simon Marlow
Thanks for all the comments in this thread. I'm going to describe some of the technical issues with making a GHC distribution that you can bootstrap on any platform from a single set of sources below. But first, let me explain our thinking on why we don't consider this a priority: we aim to

RE: GHC as library

2005-05-10 Thread Simon Marlow
On 10 May 2005 03:42, Robert Dockins wrote: I seem to recall some time ago the Simons asked on one of these lists about uses people might have for GHC-as-library. It sounded really neat to me, and I just kind of wonder if there is any motion on that front. I'm thinking about hacking up a

ghc-6.4 fPIC compilation problem on amd64

2005-05-10 Thread ariep
Hi, When trying to compile ghc-6.4 from source on my amd64 using a 6.2.2 binary (obtained via gentoo portage), I get the following error message: # make all [...] /usr/bin/ghc -o ghc-pkg.bin -H16m -O -cpp -Wall -fno-warn-name-shadowing -fno-warn-unused-matches -i../../lib/compat -Rghc-timing