Re: [Haskell] Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.2

2007-12-20 Thread Hugo Pacheco
Hmm, basically, the build from the GHC site ssimply installs the executables, every libary file is missing somehow (all the base package.. etc) Therefore I have two options to have a working 6.8.x installation: - wait around a week for a new macport (preferable) - try to install the missing librar

Re: [Haskell] Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.2

2007-12-20 Thread Benjamin L. Russell
Will a binary version of 6.8.2 be released any time soon for Mac OS X 10.5.x Leopard running on a PowerPC, as opposed to an Intel? I have a first-generation aluminum PowerBook with a PowerPC currently running Mac OS X 10.2.8 Jaguar, and am considering upgrading to Leopard next month, but want to i

[Haskell] help needed to test new GLFW package

2007-12-20 Thread Paul L
With the new Cabal 1.2, it's now possible to make platform dependent C code compilation. So I've made available new version of GLFW that follows standard Cabal installation steps, it's at: http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/hl293/download/GLFW-0.2.tar.gz Note that this is VERY experimental. Help is n

Re: [Haskell] Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.2

2007-12-20 Thread Hugo Pacheco
But is it like days, weeks, months? I really need GHC installed on my intel mac w/ leopard. How can I build the libraries in the current leopard release? ___ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell

Re: [Haskell] Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.2

2007-12-20 Thread Gregory Wright
Hi, On Dec 20, 2007, at 2:31 PM, Hugo Pacheco wrote: >From the ghc-6.8.2 sources then, I'm just afraid of possible errors, and I don't have any previous ghc installed. Do the sources permit bootstrapping? From what I know... The source distribution needs an installed GHC (version 6.0 at l

Re: [Haskell] Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.2

2007-12-20 Thread Hugo Pacheco
>From the ghc-6.8.2 sources then, I'm just afraid of possible errors, and I don't have any previous ghc installed. Do the sources permit bootstrapping? From what I know... *The source distribution needs an installed GHC (version 6.0 at least). If your platform isn't currently supported with a bina

Re: [Haskell] Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.2

2007-12-20 Thread Alex Jacobson
My experience with the mac stuff is that you are just better off building everything yourself. It runs in the background while you go eat dinner and then you are done. -Alex- Hugo Pacheco wrote: The binaries do work in Leopard, but it misses all library files, such as System.IO. How can I bu

Re: [Haskell] Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.2

2007-12-20 Thread Hugo Pacheco
The binaries do work in Leopard, but it misses all library files, such as System.IO. How can I build them form the sources? I have no cabal-install as well. and the macports 6.6 is broken. ___ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.or

[Haskell] ANNOUNCE: Haddock version 0.9

2007-12-20 Thread Simon Marlow
Announcing the release of Haddock 0.9 http://www.haskell.org/haddock/ http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/haddock-0.9 While Haddock 2 is still in development and should be available shortly, this is an updated version of the old Haddock that works with the latest too

Re: [Haskell] Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.2

2007-12-20 Thread Simon Marlow
Benjamin L. Russell wrote: This fixed the problem, and on Windows XP Professional, I was able to set GHCi to find .ghci in %HOMEPATH%, which turned out to be c:\Documents and Settings\. However, I would like to override this setting, and either have GHCi look for .ghci in %HOME%, as opposed to %