Looking forward to trying this. Last time I tried to build on Windows I couldn't make it work and just gave up.
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Niklas Larsson <metanik...@gmail.com>wrote: > I'll put it on the trac page as soon as I have updated it a bit. I found > out how to rewrite the downloading so windows 7 don't have to have an > upgraded powershell, I'll do that tomorrow. > > > 2014-04-22 3:12 GMT+02:00 Austin Seipp <aus...@well-typed.com>: > > This is really cool, thanks! >> >> If you wouldn't mind, perhaps that page should be updated (the MSYS2 >> page) to point to your Powershell script. That would be really useful >> and make it much easier to find for people who don't follow the >> mailing list. >> >> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Niklas Larsson <metanik...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi! >> > >> > I have made a Powershell script that sets up a GHC build environment on >> > Windows from scratch. It's at https://github.com/melted/getghc. It >> largely >> > follows the instructions at >> > >> https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Preparation/Windows/MSYS2. >> It >> > has no dependencies aside from Powershell 3.0. >> > >> > The reason I made it was to make it easier to set up a build bot on a >> clean >> > machine. But it's probably generally useful for people who want to >> develop >> > GHC on Windows. >> > >> > Usage: >> > - Put the script in an empty directory >> > - Run it >> > - Hope for the best >> > >> > Potential problems: >> > - If Python 2.7 is already installed and not on the path, the script >> wont >> > install it, and msys wont pick up the path. Solution: Add the path to >> python >> > in the control panel. >> > - Powershell wont run unsigned scripts by default. The error message >> will >> > give a hint how to disable that. I will add a signed version as soon as >> I >> > can figure out how. >> > >> > Niklas >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > ghc-devs mailing list >> > ghc-devs@haskell.org >> > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Austin Seipp, Haskell Consultant >> Well-Typed LLP, http://www.well-typed.com/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-devs@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs > >
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