RE: powerpc-linux port

2002-04-30 Thread Simon Marlow
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 05:50:49PM +0100, Simon Marlow wrote: > > > No, actually I'd like to have GHC, because many libraries > I want to > > > use depend on it. But good that you point this out, maybe > it would be > > > possible to have NHC compile GHC... Although the FAQ says it > > > woul

Re: powerpc-linux port

2002-04-29 Thread Sven Moritz Hallberg
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 05:50:49PM +0100, Simon Marlow wrote: > > No, actually I'd like to have GHC, because many libraries I want to > > use depend on it. But good that you point this out, maybe it would be > > possible to have NHC compile GHC... Although the FAQ says it > > would most probably

RE: powerpc-linux port

2002-04-29 Thread Simon Marlow
> No, actually I'd like to have GHC, because many libraries I want to > use depend on it. But good that you point this out, maybe it would be > possible to have NHC compile GHC... Although the FAQ says it > would most probably not work. It most *definitely* would not work ;-) To bootstrap the u

Re: powerpc-linux port

2002-04-29 Thread Sven Moritz Hallberg
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 05:26:45PM +0100, Malcolm Wallace wrote: > Sven Moritz Hallberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > if there has ever been a working LinuxPPC port (I don't know about any) > > > > No, there has not been a working port to LinuxPPC, as far as I can see. > > But the mailing

Re: powerpc-linux port

2002-04-29 Thread Malcolm Wallace
Sven Moritz Hallberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > if there has ever been a working LinuxPPC port (I don't know about any) > > No, there has not been a working port to LinuxPPC, as far as I can see. > But the mailing list archives showed some mails from 2000 or 2001 from > someone who was thin

Re: powerpc-linux port

2002-04-29 Thread Sven Moritz Hallberg
On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 07:10:35PM +0200, Wolfgang Thaller wrote: > >I see there is already working support for Darwin. What will have to be > >adjusted to get from powerpc-apple-darwin to powerpc-unknown-linux? > > Well, the first step should be to build an "unregistered" version - Yes, I thou

Re: powerpc-linux port

2002-04-28 Thread Wolfgang Thaller
>I see there is already working support for Darwin. What will have to be >adjusted to get from powerpc-apple-darwin to powerpc-unknown-linux? Well, the first step should be to build an "unregistered" version - if there has ever been a working LinuxPPC port (I don't know about any), this is easy

powerpc-linux port

2002-04-27 Thread Sven M. Hallberg
Hi, what happened to the PPC Linux port? I would do it myself, but I have no clue about - compilers, - the PowerPC architecture, or - how to bootstrap GHC. However, I'm a curious person, so anyone feeling like sharing some knowledge will be greatly appreciated. I see there is already workin