I installed the ghc-6.10.2 with the tar.gz and after that, I try to install the haskell-platform2009.0.0. And then [with the haskell-platform] the make fails (because I haven't installed gmp). So i think it worths to add ligmp to configure checks.
On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Duncan Coutts <duncan.cou...@worc.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 13:04 +0200, Luis Cabellos wrote: >> it works, but I needed to install libgmp. > > But doesn't that mean ghc didn't actually work until you did install > gmp? > >> The point is is to add the libgmp check on configure. > > Right and my point is that can't we achieve that by testing if ghc can > compile and link a hello world program? If gmp is missing then the > linking phase would fail. > > Is there any need to check for gmp specifically and separately from > checking that ghc works? > > Duncan > > -- LC, ("No era una noche oscura ni tormentosa, pero deberÃa haberlo sido." - Buenos Presagios) _______________________________________________ Haskell-platform mailing list Haskell-platform@projects.haskell.org http://projects.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-platform
