Re: how is Linux GHC formed?

2008-11-12 Thread Jason Dusek
Simon Marlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We just do a normal build, on Fedora 9 boxen. If it works > across other distros, it's probably just good luck! With GHC, my luck has been good. I've found that `optl-static` actually causes problems, so I've removed it and things work without it.

Re: how is Linux GHC formed?

2008-11-12 Thread Ian Lynagh
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 05:04:25PM -0800, Jason Dusek wrote: > How was the Linux binary for GHC created? I am looking at ways > to compile Haskell binaries for Linux that work across > distros. So far, I have been using `-static -optl-static` but > today there was a weird hiccup with IO --

Re: how is Linux GHC formed?

2008-11-12 Thread Simon Marlow
Jason Dusek wrote: How was the Linux binary for GHC created? I am looking at ways to compile Haskell binaries for Linux that work across distros. So far, I have been using `-static -optl-static` but today there was a weird hiccup with IO -- the Gentoo built binary worked fine on Gentoo

how is Linux GHC formed?

2008-11-11 Thread Jason Dusek
How was the Linux binary for GHC created? I am looking at ways to compile Haskell binaries for Linux that work across distros. So far, I have been using `-static -optl-static` but today there was a weird hiccup with IO -- the Gentoo built binary worked fine on Gentoo but caught SIGPIPE in