RE: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.1
Is is possible that by upgrading the version of gcc changed? I've had problems compiling ghc6.8.1 with some versions of gcc that have disappeared by upgrading gcc. Seth Kurtzberg Software Engineer Specializing in Security, Reliability, and the Hardware/Software Interface -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Philip K.F. Hölzenspies Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 7:17 AM To: Simon Marlow Cc: glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.1 On Tuesday 13 November 2007 12:27:02 Simon Marlow wrote: > maybe add a test right after the creation of DerivedConstants.h in > includes/Makefile: > > DerivedConstants.h : mkDerivedConstantsHdr > ./mkDerivedConstantsHdr >$@ > test -f $@ || exit 1 > > at least that will tell us whether it was never there to start with, or it > got removed later on. > > If it weren't for the fact that this seems repeatable, I'd say you have > need to run fsck on that filesystem. There's definitely something strange > going on... Dear Simon, All, This looks like a sensible thing to do, a makefile check. I don't expect this to be a fsck-solvable problem though, since I've tried at different times with rather different states of my filesystem (rather full, nearly empty, again rather full). Good news for me, bad news for this bug-report. My office system crashed, so I was updated from SuSE 10.0 to SuSE 10.3. GHC 6.8.1 now compiles out of the proverbial box. Although, ... I had initially forgotten to install the readline-dev package (for libreadline.a). The configure script doesn't test for linkage against readline, so make terminates because ghc-pkg-inplace doesn't have readline and libraries/readline contains a file called unbuildable. I would call this a small buildbug with a very easy fix: add readline linkage test to configure. Regards, Philip ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.1
On Tuesday 13 November 2007 12:27:02 Simon Marlow wrote: > maybe add a test right after the creation of DerivedConstants.h in > includes/Makefile: > > DerivedConstants.h : mkDerivedConstantsHdr > ./mkDerivedConstantsHdr >$@ > test -f $@ || exit 1 > > at least that will tell us whether it was never there to start with, or it > got removed later on. > > If it weren't for the fact that this seems repeatable, I'd say you have > need to run fsck on that filesystem. There's definitely something strange > going on... Dear Simon, All, This looks like a sensible thing to do, a makefile check. I don't expect this to be a fsck-solvable problem though, since I've tried at different times with rather different states of my filesystem (rather full, nearly empty, again rather full). Good news for me, bad news for this bug-report. My office system crashed, so I was updated from SuSE 10.0 to SuSE 10.3. GHC 6.8.1 now compiles out of the proverbial box. Although, ... I had initially forgotten to install the readline-dev package (for libreadline.a). The configure script doesn't test for linkage against readline, so make terminates because ghc-pkg-inplace doesn't have readline and libraries/readline contains a file called unbuildable. I would call this a small buildbug with a very easy fix: add readline linkage test to configure. Regards, Philip ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.1
Ian Lynagh wrote: Hi Philip, On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 09:58:40AM +0100, Philip K.F. Hölzenspies wrote: Booting libraries/base Booting libraries/directory /usr/share/aclocal/progsreiserfs.m4:13: warning: underquoted definition of AC_CHECK_LIBREISERFS run info '(automake)Extending aclocal' or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal I still don't understand why this would happen. The make still fails on the absence of (a rule for) DerivedConstants.h: [...] Somewhere near the beginning of make's output, where the output for "make boot" is logged, it does seem to have created DerivedConstants.h: I still don't understand why this would happen either. I can't even really think of anything useful to suggest. Anyone else got any ideas? maybe add a test right after the creation of DerivedConstants.h in includes/Makefile: DerivedConstants.h : mkDerivedConstantsHdr ./mkDerivedConstantsHdr >$@ test -f $@ || exit 1 at least that will tell us whether it was never there to start with, or it got removed later on. If it weren't for the fact that this seems repeatable, I'd say you have need to run fsck on that filesystem. There's definitely something strange going on... Cheers, Simon ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
RE: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.1
| That's not a problem in GHC's configure.ac or other .ac files. It's just If it's nothing to worry about, and has a sensible explanation, can someone add it to the Building GHC FAQ? (If this page doesn't exist, it ought to!) Simon | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of | Duncan Coutts | Sent: 11 November 2007 12:00 | To: Ian Lynagh | Cc: Philip K.F. Hölzenspies; glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org | Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.1 | | On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 21:45 +, Ian Lynagh wrote: | > Hi Philip, | > | > On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 09:58:40AM +0100, Philip K.F. Hölzenspies wrote: | > > | > > Booting libraries/base | > > Booting libraries/directory | > > /usr/share/aclocal/progsreiserfs.m4:13: warning: underquoted definition of AC_CHECK_LIBREISERFS | > > run info '(automake)Extending aclocal' | > > or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal | > | > I still don't understand why this would happen. | | That's not a problem in GHC's configure.ac or other .ac files. It's just | that autoreconf scans all the /usr/share/aclocal/*.m4 files that you | happen to have installed on your system. If any of those are from before | autoconf started getting really picky about quoting then you'll get that | warning. It's nothing to worry about, especially as in this case it's in | a .m4 file that we do not get any definitions from. | | Duncan | ___ | Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list | Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.1
Dear Ian, Duncan, all, Thank you for looking into the build failure. I actually expected that the autoconf warning didn't really matter, since I couldn't imagine any ReiserFS dependency being critical. The other error is actually quite a lot more weird and critical, for it stops the build. Regards, Philip ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.1
On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 12:12 +, Ian Lynagh wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 11:59:43AM +, Duncan Coutts wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 21:45 +, Ian Lynagh wrote: > > > Hi Philip, > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 09:58:40AM +0100, Philip K.F. Hölzenspies wrote: > > > > > > > > Booting libraries/base > > > > Booting libraries/directory > > > > /usr/share/aclocal/progsreiserfs.m4:13: warning: underquoted definition > > > > of AC_CHECK_LIBREISERFS > > > > run info '(automake)Extending aclocal' > > > > or see > > > > http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal > > > > > > I still don't understand why this would happen. > > > > That's not a problem in GHC's configure.ac or other .ac files. It's just > > that autoreconf scans all the /usr/share/aclocal/*.m4 files that you > > happen to have installed on your system. If any of those are from before > > autoconf started getting really picky about quoting then you'll get that > > warning. It's nothing to worry about, especially as in this case it's in > > a .m4 file that we do not get any definitions from. > > So why doesn't booting base cause it? Dunno, but it doesn't matter anyway. It's only a warning in unused code. Duncan ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.1
On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 11:59:43AM +, Duncan Coutts wrote: > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 21:45 +, Ian Lynagh wrote: > > Hi Philip, > > > > On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 09:58:40AM +0100, Philip K.F. Hölzenspies wrote: > > > > > > Booting libraries/base > > > Booting libraries/directory > > > /usr/share/aclocal/progsreiserfs.m4:13: warning: underquoted definition > > > of AC_CHECK_LIBREISERFS > > > run info '(automake)Extending aclocal' > > > or see > > > http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal > > > > I still don't understand why this would happen. > > That's not a problem in GHC's configure.ac or other .ac files. It's just > that autoreconf scans all the /usr/share/aclocal/*.m4 files that you > happen to have installed on your system. If any of those are from before > autoconf started getting really picky about quoting then you'll get that > warning. It's nothing to worry about, especially as in this case it's in > a .m4 file that we do not get any definitions from. So why doesn't booting base cause it? Thanks Ian ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.1
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 21:45 +, Ian Lynagh wrote: > Hi Philip, > > On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 09:58:40AM +0100, Philip K.F. Hölzenspies wrote: > > > > Booting libraries/base > > Booting libraries/directory > > /usr/share/aclocal/progsreiserfs.m4:13: warning: underquoted definition of > > AC_CHECK_LIBREISERFS > > run info '(automake)Extending aclocal' > > or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal > > I still don't understand why this would happen. That's not a problem in GHC's configure.ac or other .ac files. It's just that autoreconf scans all the /usr/share/aclocal/*.m4 files that you happen to have installed on your system. If any of those are from before autoconf started getting really picky about quoting then you'll get that warning. It's nothing to worry about, especially as in this case it's in a .m4 file that we do not get any definitions from. Duncan ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.1
Hi Philip, On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 09:58:40AM +0100, Philip K.F. Hölzenspies wrote: > > Booting libraries/base > Booting libraries/directory > /usr/share/aclocal/progsreiserfs.m4:13: warning: underquoted definition of > AC_CHECK_LIBREISERFS > run info '(automake)Extending aclocal' > or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal I still don't understand why this would happen. > The make still fails on the absence of (a rule for) DerivedConstants.h: > > [...] > > Somewhere near the beginning of make's output, where the output for "make > boot" is logged, it does seem to have created DerivedConstants.h: I still don't understand why this would happen either. I can't even really think of anything useful to suggest. Anyone else got any ideas? Thanks Ian ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.1
= The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 6.8.1 = The GHC Team is pleased to announce a new major release of GHC. There have been a number of significant changes since the last major release, including: * Haskell Program Coverage (hpc) support has been added to the compiler * GHCi now includes a debugger * The first phase of the base package split has been done * The code generator now uses pointer tagging (which should mean most code improves by 10-15%, and as a result the compiler is also faster). The full release notes are here: http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/6.8.1/html/users_guide/release-6-8-1.html How to get it ~ The easy way is to go to the web page, which should be self-explanatory: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ We supply binary builds in the native package format for many platforms, and the source distribution is available from the same place. Packages will appear as they are built - if the package for your system isn't available yet, please try again later. Background ~~ Haskell is a standard lazy functional programming language; the current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998 and revised December 2002. GHC is a state-of-the-art programming suite for Haskell. Included is an optimising compiler generating good code for a variety of platforms, together with an interactive system for convenient, quick development. The distribution includes space and time profiling facilities, a large collection of libraries, and support for various language extensions, including concurrency, exceptions, and foreign language interfaces (C, whatever). GHC is distributed under a BSD-style open source license. A wide variety of Haskell related resources (tutorials, libraries, specifications, documentation, compilers, interpreters, references, contact information, links to research groups) are available from the Haskell home page (see below). On-line GHC-related resources ~ Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web: GHC home page http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ GHC developers' home page http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ Haskell home page http://www.haskell.org/ Supported Platforms ~~~ The list of platforms we support, and the people responsible for them, is here: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Contributors Ports to other platforms are possible with varying degrees of difficulty. The Building Guide describes how to go about porting to a new platform: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building Developers ~~ We welcome new contributors. Instructions on accessing our source code repository, and getting started with hacking on GHC, are available from the GHC's developer's site run by Trac: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ Mailing lists ~ We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, use the web interfaces at http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs There are several other haskell and ghc-related mailing lists on www.haskell.org; for the full list, see http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ Some GHC developers hang out on #haskell on IRC, too: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/IRC_channel Please report bugs using our bug tracking system. Instructions on reporting bugs can be found here: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
