#2619: Can't build older compiler
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Reporter: judah | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: reopened
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.10.1
Component: Compiler | Version: 6.11
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: Unknown
Testcase: | Os: Unknown/Multiple
Architecture: Unknown/Multiple |
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Comment (by rl):
FWIW, we don't have an earlier released version which we could use since
GHC without a functioning NCG is practically unusable on Sparc T2. We can
compile a bare-bones GHC with 6.8.2 but that takes about a day and is
something we can only really do once. This means that we will be using a
6.11 snapshot as our compiler until 6.12 is released. A similar situation
will occur whenever someone ports GHC to a new architecture. Not
supporting this doesn't sound like a good idea to me.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2619#comment:9>
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