Re: Using 'git bisect' on the GHC tree

2012-02-26 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > Given a GHC git commit hash, is there a way to get the various > libraries into a state where I can build the GHC version specified > by the hash? As suggested by this: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/GettingTheSources#Trackingthefullrepositorys

Re: Using 'git bisect' on the GHC tree

2012-02-26 Thread Ian Lynagh
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:37:25AM +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > > Given a GHC git commit hash, is there a way to get the various > libraries into a state where I can build the GHC version specified > by the hash? No, but if you have a list of nightly builds, e.g. http://darcs.haskell.o

Using 'git bisect' on the GHC tree

2012-02-26 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Hi all, I am trying to track down a build failure on PowerPC that was introduced some time this year. Usually, the easiest way to do this is by using 'git bisect'. Unfortunately, this doesn't work with the GHC tree since its easy to go to a GHC revision which is incompatible with one of the many