Re: ANN: Mac installer pkg for GHC - 6.8.2.20080211 trial release (Leopard, Intel)

2008-02-12 Thread Chris Kuklewicz
Manuel M T Chakravarty wrote: The above package is for Intel Leopard. I expect that a separate PPC version is easy to build (but cross-compilation and fat binaries are not supported by GHC). I have not seen any announcement that GHC 6.8.x is working on OS X Leopard running on PPC. I would

Re: ANN: Mac installer pkg for GHC - 6.8.2.20080211 trial release (Leopard, Intel)

2008-02-12 Thread Manuel M T Chakravarty
Chris Kuklewicz: Manuel M T Chakravarty wrote: The above package is for Intel Leopard. I expect that a separate PPC version is easy to build (but cross-compilation and fat binaries are not supported by GHC). I have not seen any announcement that GHC 6.8.x is working on OS X Leopard

Re: Tiger installer [was: Re: ANN: Mac installer pkg for GHC - 6.8.2.20080211 trial release (Leopard, Intel)]

2008-02-12 Thread Manuel M T Chakravarty
The above package is for Intel Leopard... it should be possible to build packages on Leopard that run on both Tiger and Leopard. (I could give that a try if anybody with a Tiger box is willing to play guinea pig.) I volunteer. What do I need to do? Try this

Re: problems with ghc-6.8.2-powerpc-apple-darwin.tar.bz2 from GHC home page

2008-02-12 Thread Sean Leather
Hi Chris, It is my habit to compile the Setup.hs or Setup.lhs to setup with ghc --make Setup.hs -o setup. The ./setup configure ... is working. The ./setup build causes a segmentation fault. This is for every project I try (including ones with very default Setup.hs contents). The

problems with ghc-6.8.2-powerpc-apple-darwin.tar.bz2 from GHC home page

2008-02-12 Thread Chris Kuklewicz
I am now testing that binary distribution for powerpc on my Leopard G4 notebook. It is not always working. It is my habit to compile the Setup.hs or Setup.lhs to setup with ghc --make Setup.hs -o setup. The ./setup configure ... is working. The ./setup build causes a segmentation fault.

slightly modified hasktags version / Who can commit it?

2008-02-12 Thread Marc Weber
I've hacked on hasktags again http://mawercer.de/hasktags.hs I'd like to merge changes into the ghc distribution or ask someone to do so. changes: a) full qualified module names are added as well now b) hack: removed empty tokens so that getcons finds [..] rqBody::

Re: ANN: Mac installer pkg for GHC - 6.8.2.20080211 trial release (Leopard, Intel)

2008-02-12 Thread Tim Chevalier
On 2/12/08, Yitzchak Gale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Manuel M T Chakravarty wrote: I'd also be nice to have a cool logo/icon. Don Stewart wrote: Someone want to clean up the classic GHC logo? http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/images/happy-dino.jpg :) The Clyde Arc in Glasgow,

Re: ANN: Mac installer pkg for GHC - 6.8.2.20080211 trial release (Leopard, Intel)

2008-02-12 Thread Sean Leather
Chris Kuklewicz: I have not seen any announcement that GHC 6.8.x is working on OS X Leopard running on PPC. I would be pleased to be corrected. I have Christian Maeder's distribution of 6.8.2 for Tiger (as found on the the GHC download page) running on my PowerBook G4 with Leopard. No

Re: ANN: Mac installer pkg for GHC - 6.8.2.20080211 trial release (Leopard, Intel)

2008-02-12 Thread Yitzchak Gale
Manuel M T Chakravarty wrote: I'd also be nice to have a cool logo/icon. Don Stewart wrote: Someone want to clean up the classic GHC logo? http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/images/happy-dino.jpg :) The Clyde Arc in Glasgow, combined somehow with a lambda, could be the basis of a striking

Re: ANN: Mac installer pkg for GHC - 6.8.2.20080211 trial release (Leopard, Intel)

2008-02-12 Thread Yitzchak Gale
Manuel M T Chakravarty wrote: Finally, you can have the glorious GHC in a format satisfying the discerning Mac user Fantastic news! Thanks! The GHC binary in the package links statically against GNU readline (to provide editing capabilities at the GHCi prompt). This is fine as GHC's BSD3