Re: [Haskell-cafe] building the unix package and cabal

2008-02-05 Thread Galchin Vasili
Hi Ian, Should gmp-devel be an archive (.a) or a shared object (.so)? If an .a, don't I have to have an environemmt var to point at it's directory? I tried your sequence below on unix-2.2.0.0 and still cannot resolve gmp. I did find one gmp .rpm on one of the RHEL cds but without -devel.

[Haskell-cafe] building the unix package and cabal

2008-02-04 Thread Galchin Vasili
Hello, I have been trying to build the unix package on RedHat RHEL 5. Over the weekend I read through the Cabal documentation. The unix-2.2.0.0 unix.cabal specifies the build-type attribute as Configure. Based on Cabal doc, I should run ./configure. After this step then what? Bottom line is

Re: [Haskell-cafe] building the unix package and cabal

2008-02-04 Thread Thomas Schilling
This is the GNU Multi-Precision library. You have to install that separately, Cabal can't do that for you. You should use the redhat package manager to install it. HTH On Feb 4, 2008 4:43 PM, Galchin Vasili [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Thomas, Have you tried to build this package

Re: [Haskell-cafe] building the unix package and cabal

2008-02-04 Thread Galchin Vasili
more specifically the gmp unsatisfied ref shows up with the DynamicLinker. On 2/4/08, Thomas Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know. Maybe someone on @cafe can help. (I CC'd) On Feb 4, 2008 5:22 PM, Galchin Vasili [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the gmp shared objects installed,

Re: [Haskell-cafe] building the unix package and cabal

2008-02-04 Thread Thomas Schilling
I don't know. Maybe someone on @cafe can help. (I CC'd) On Feb 4, 2008 5:22 PM, Galchin Vasili [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the gmp shared objects installed, i.e. .so's. Does ghc require static linking with .a archive files? On 2/4/08, Thomas Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This

Re: [Haskell-cafe] building the unix package and cabal

2008-02-04 Thread Ian Lynagh
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 10:50:13AM -0600, Galchin Vasili wrote: more specifically the gmp unsatisfied ref shows up with the DynamicLinker. This works for me, with GHC 6.8.2 and http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/unix/2.2.0.0/unix-2.2.0.0.tar.gz $ ghc --make Setup $ ./Setup configure

Re: [Haskell-cafe] building the unix package and cabal

2008-02-04 Thread Galchin Vasili
Hi Ian, I am trying to add new Posix functionality and it would be nice to be able to build unix myself. In any case, I will try your suggestion and see what happens. Regards, Vasili On 2/4/08, Ian Lynagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 10:50:13AM -0600, Galchin Vasili