RE: Patches for GHC 4.04pl1?

[Matthias Kilian]

 The best thing to do is use the anoncvs repository, and just 'cvs update' to
 get the latest patches.  If you're running over a phone line then it might
 help to make ssh do some compression.

Yes, but this requires at least one complete checkout. Of course, after
this is done, cvs update will only load the diffs to newer versions.

And: isn't there a risk to update the local sources to a `unstable'
revision? Or do you use symbolic tags for official releases, such as
`ghc4.04pl1'?

I'll use cvs to get the latest ghc, but nevertheless I suggest to publish
patch files for future releases of ghc. This shouldn't be too difficult:

cvs co -r lastRel -d ghc.old ghc
cvs co -D now ghc
cd ghc
diff -rNu ../ghc.old .  ../ghc.diffs
cvs tag -F lastRel
cd ..
cvs -q rel -d ghc.old
cvs -q rel -d ghc

Bye,
Kili


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RE: Patches for GHC 4.04pl1?

[Simon Marlow]

Matthias Kilian writes:

 Is there a patch file (e.g. a context
 diff) from GHC 4.04 to GHC 4.04pl1
 available. This could save lots of
 bandwith, download time and
 (private user's) phone bills.

The best thing to do is use the anoncvs repository, and just 'cvs update' to
get the latest patches.  If you're running over a phone line then it might
help to make ssh do some compression.

This is how I update my source tree at home, it works fine.

Cheers,
Simon