Hi Gabor! Yes, I believe that's still the case (we're working around it by using different prefixes for each architecture at the moment). And I think we should definitely do what you propose. I'll see if I can get a patch together shortly (or if someone already knows exactly what to do and wants to do it first, feel free! : )).
Cheers Luke On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 4:50 AM, Gabor Greif <ggr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Luke, devs, > > Just a quick question, as I haven't recently built a cross-compiler, > but I have noticed a problem with installation of cross-ghc last time. > > $ ls <prefix>/lib/ghc-7.7.20130412 > > The problem is, that when someone installs a non-cross > compiler the same day, the cross-compiler's > libraries and executables get overwritten > by the non-cross installation :-( > > This probably also happens with release versions. > > Can you confirm this behaviour with HEAD? > > In case yes, should we consider adding a > cross-prefix, like employed in bin/ ? > > $ ls <prefix>/bin/powerpc-montavista-linux-gnuspe-ghc-pkg-7.7.20130412 > > Of course all the links inside must be re-aligned accordingly. > > Cheers, > > Gabor > > > On 8/31/13, Luke Iannini <lukex...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I will tell Stephen! > > > > I've added iOS as Tier 2 — I bet we can find a sponsor for a buildbot > down > > the line — and I've added myself while I wait to hear from Stephen. It > > looks like the mailto links on the wiki (e.g. the names in the Platform > > Maintainers section) aren't working, by the way: > > http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/CodeOwners. > > > > Cheers > > Luke > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 2:04 AM, Simon Peyton-Jones > > <simo...@microsoft.com>wrote: > > > >> Great. Please thank Stephen too.. I don’t have his email.**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> Just go ahead and modify **** > >> > >> http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/CodeOwners**** > >> > >> http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Platforms**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> I assume iOS will become a tier-2 platform?**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> Simon**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> *From:* Luke Iannini [mailto:lukex...@gmail.com] > >> *Sent:* 30 August 2013 09:07 > >> *To:* Simon Peyton-Jones > >> *Cc:* Austin Seipp > >> > >> *Subject:* Re: [Haskell-cafe] Announcing GHC iOS**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> Certainly! And I'd be happy to take on maintainership of GHC iOS if > >> that's > >> what you mean — I've committed to a very large project using it so I'll > >> be > >> maintaining it anyway : ). I'd guess Stephen would feel the same.**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> And thanks so much for the kind words, it means the world! Thank you > >> infinitely for Haskell : ).**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> Cheers**** > >> > >> Luke**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Simon Peyton-Jones < > >> simo...@microsoft.com> wrote:**** > >> > >> Should we update the “Platform maintainers” on > >> http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/TeamGHC**** > >> > >> or the list of supported platforms on > >> http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Platforms?**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> *From:* Haskell-Cafe [mailto:haskell-cafe-boun...@haskell.org] *On > Behalf > >> Of *Luke Iannini > >> *Sent:* 29 August 2013 21:56 > >> *To:* Haskell Cafe > >> *Subject:* Re: [Haskell-cafe] Announcing GHC iOS**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Stephen provided some more credits — thanks so much to all!**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Three connected projects concerning cross-compilation:**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> *Registerised ARM support, added using David Terei's LLVM compiler back > >> end with Stephen Blackheath doing an initial ARMv5 version and LLVM > patch > >> and Karel Gardas working on floating point support, ARMv7 compatibility > >> and > >> LLVM headaches. Ben Gamari did work on the runtime linker for ARM.**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> *General cross-compiling, with much work by Stephen Blackheath and Gabor > >> Greif (though many others have worked on this).**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> *A cross-compiler for Apple iOS. iOS-specific parts were mostly Stephen > >> Blackheath with Luke Iannini on the Cabal patch, testing and supporting > >> infrastructure, also with assistance and testing by Miëtek Bak and > >> Jonathan > >> Fischoff, and thanks to many others for testing; The iOS cross compiler > >> was > >> started back in 2009 by Stephen Blackheath with funding from Ryan > Trinkle > >> of iPwn Studios.**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Thanks to Ian Lynagh for making it easy for us with integration, > makefile > >> refactoring and patience, and to David Terei for LLVM assistance.**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Luke Iannini <lukex...@gmail.com> > >> wrote:* > >> *** > >> > >> Hi all!**** > >> > >> (in case you don't read /r/haskell : ))**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Stephen Blackheath and I are extremely happy to report that as of today, > >> GHC can natively build binaries for iOS devices and the iOS > >> Simulator.**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> You'll find everything you need here: > >> http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/CrossCompiling/iOS**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> The short of it is you can use "ghc-ios myFiles.hs" to get a universal > >> ARMv7/ARMv7s/i386 static library to drop straight into an Xcode > >> project.** > >> ** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Stephen's already working on some wonderful FRP-powered games, I'm > >> working > >> on a project called SpaceTime that I'll announce shortly, and you may > now > >> all begin creating insanely great iOS software using the finest language > >> in > >> the world : ).**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Stephen deserves the lion's share of the credit for this project — it's > >> been over 3 years in the making! Many thanks to Maxwell Swadling for > >> generalizing static library builds into a -staticlib flag for GHC, > Carter > >> Schonwald for compilation guidance, and the venerable Austin Seipp for > >> reviewing and merging our patches.**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > > >
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