marlowsd: > Hi Folks, > > 6.8.3 is nearing release, and we have an outstanding bug affecting the > GHCi on the BSDs: > > http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2013 > > We need someone to help out with this. The patch in the ticket apparently > works, but can't be committed as is because it isn't correctly #ifdef'd > and will presumably break other platforms. Also it needs to be tested on > OpenBSD/NetBSD in addition to FreeBSD. > > I don't have access to a *BSD machine right now, and I don't have the time > available to set one up. If someone can donate a temporary account then > that would be helpful, but most helpful would be if someone could work > with us to get this bug fixed in time for 6.8.3 (i.e. the next few days). > Otherwise, we have to release with the bug still in, which would be bad.
So, try the patch to get the patch to compile against ghc 6.8.3-snapshot, and see if it works on OpenBSD? -- Don _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
