#3863: Absolute paths to GCC and perl should not be baked into the compiler.
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Reporter: benl | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: Build System
Version: 6.13 | Keywords:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Testcase:
Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: Installing GHC failed
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Building with {{{sh boot ; ./configure ; make}}} leaves me with the
following lines in {{{compiler/main/Config.hs}}}
{{{
cGCC = "/export/home/benl/software/gcc-4.1.2/bin/gcc"
cGHC_PERL = "/opt/csw/bin/perl"
}}}
These absolute paths are baked into the compiler, and if I then do a
{{{make binary-dist}}} the resulting binary distribution is unusable for
anyone else.
Note that {{{compiler/main/SysTools.hs:105}}} says that these vars should
not include paths, and rightly so. I'm currently working around this by
hacking {{{mk/config.mk}}} after running {{{./configure}}}.
We probably need a better story about which GCC and perl to use for the
build, vs which ones to use when compiling programs. I vote that the
default should be to use the ones in the PATH unless explicitly configured
not to.
Note that on SPARC/Solaris the default system GCC is unusable, so people
that do not have root access will always need to run GHC against a
privately installed GCC.
Tickets #2966 and #3842 are related.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3863>
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