[Haskell-cafe] haskell platform question

2011-06-07 Thread Tim Docker
I'd like to build the haskell platform against a recent GHC snapshot, for testing purposes. I see that I can download the source for the platform from: http://lambda.galois.com/hp-tmp/2011.2.0.1/haskell-platform-2011.2.0.1.tar.gz with instructions:

Re: [Haskell-cafe] haskell platform question

2011-06-07 Thread Don Stewart
It should build. If it doesn't, please report a bug. On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Tim Docker t...@dockerz.net wrote: I'd like to build the haskell platform against a recent GHC snapshot, for testing purposes. I see that I can download the source for the platform from:

Re: [Haskell-cafe] haskell platform question

2011-06-07 Thread Don Stewart
Oh, sorry, missed the first line. Building against GHC snapshots isn't supported. On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Don Stewart don...@gmail.com wrote: It should build. If it doesn't, please report a bug. On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Tim Docker t...@dockerz.net wrote: I'd like to build the

Re: [Haskell-cafe] haskell platform question

2011-06-07 Thread Ivan Lazar Miljenovic
On 7 June 2011 21:34, Tim Docker t...@dockerz.net wrote: Surely wanting to test against a ghc snapshot isn't that odd? How do others go about testing their code with many hackage dependencies against a new ghc? I would have expected that the first thing to do would be get the platform up and

Re: [Haskell-cafe] haskell platform question

2011-06-07 Thread Brandon Allbery
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 07:34, Tim Docker t...@dockerz.net wrote: On 07/06/2011, at 8:48 PM, Don Stewart wrote: Oh, sorry, missed the first line. Building against GHC snapshots isn't supported. Surely wanting to test against a ghc snapshot isn't that odd? How The point of the Haskell

Re: [Haskell-cafe] haskell platform question

2011-06-07 Thread Tim Docker
On 07/06/11 14:03, Brandon Allbery wrote: On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 07:34, Tim Dockert...@dockerz.net wrote: do others go about testing their code with many hackage dependencies against a new ghc? I would have expected that the first thing to do would be get the We don't, for the most part;