#3075: validation requires a tool that is not included in utils
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Reporter: nr | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: Build System
Version: 6.11| Severity: major
Keywords: | Testcase:
Os: Linux | Architecture: x86
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At present it is not possible to validate without HsColour, but HsColour
is not included in utils. To make matters worse, HsColour is not
available through Debian, and even cabal, which could be used to install
HsColour, is not available through Debian. To require me to install
Cabal to install HsColour to validate changes made to GHC's back end is at
least one too many levels of indirection. (I routinely build GHC on three
different computers, and a fourth is not unheard of, so if the
installation isn't easily supported by my existing Linux distros, I want
no part of it.)
I'd like the validate/build process changed to reach one of two outcomes:
1. It becomes permissible to validate without HsColour, and this happens
by default and automatically on systems where HsColour is not present.
1. HsColour is included in utils, and the validate script automatically
finds it there and builds it at need.
P.S. I am quite grateful for the earlier work that enables me to build the
compiler without HsColour. But I also want to be able to contribute
changes.
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Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3075
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