Hello!
Already some time ago, I've bootstrapped GHC 3.02 on one OpenBSD/i386
machine. Because that was a non-trivial task (hc-boot didn't work),
I now offer to make binary packages/distribution(s) of GHC for the
latest and greatest OpenBSD release, coming out soon, namely 2.5.
There are some open questions:
Does it make sense to do so of specific versions of GHC, for example
the latest 3.0? ? If so: How do I retrieve the sources of that version
from CVS (or via ftp)? For which version in the 4.0x branch does
it make sense most? current (head revisions from CVS)?
Also, I've seen that it's possible to make binary distributions of
GHC that are still a bit configurable (installation prefix, in
particular). How is that done?
Is there some version of GHC where hc-boot really works? That would
be an interesting base for an OpenBSD 'port' (see ports(7) on
any OpenBSD system).
Also, is there interest in binaries, and in what versions/forms?
Kind regards, Hannah.
