Re: ghc fails with HOME not set, fixing right now

2011-03-25 Thread Christian Maeder
ghc should not fail if HOME is not set. It certainly cannot look up local packages then, but ghc should work without those, too. ghc is a compiler like gcc. Does gcc need HOME? Cheers Christian Am 25.03.2011 08:26, schrieb Joachim Breitner: Hi, new FTBFS coming up: ghc fails if HOME is not

Re: ghc fails with HOME not set, fixing right now

2011-03-25 Thread Simon Marlow
On 25/03/2011 09:28, Christian Maeder wrote: ghc should not fail if HOME is not set. It certainly cannot look up local packages then, but ghc should work without those, too. ghc is a compiler like gcc. Does gcc need HOME? Does gcc have a package database? :-) Of course, GHC should work