I added documentation to https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Preparation/Linux and linked from https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Preparation/MacOSX
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 5:27 AM, Simon Peyton Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Once getting some feedback, I would like to document this on the wiki > and recommend it for Linux users (definitely for anyone that is familiar > with docker). > > > > Sounds really helpful thanks Greg. Do make a GHC wiki page about it, with > links > > > > Simon > > > > *From:* ghc-devs [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Greg > Weber > *Sent:* 09 December 2014 00:36 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* docker GHC image for hacking > > > > Friends, > > > > As someone who started hacking on GHC last month I wanted to tell you that > there is to high an overhead to getting started and overall to contributing > to GHC. > > > > One thing that can help is to make getting to the point of compiling GHC a > much faster experience rather than starting off by dreading the process of > installing dependencies. I created a docker image that has everything > needed pre-installed. I do know that there are existing docker images for > running the GHC compiler, but I am not aware of any designed for hacking on > it. > > > > Please give it a try and let me know if it works for you. The beauty is > that once you have GHC checked out, if you have docker installed you are a > single command away from having a working GHC environment: > > > > docker run --rm -i -t -v `pwd`:/home/ghc gregweber/ghc-haskell-dev > /bin/bash > > > > Once getting some feedback, I would like to document this on the wiki and > recommend it for Linux users (definitely for anyone that is familiar with > docker). > > > > > > Thank you, > > Greg Weber >
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