Mac OS X
Dear GHC supporters,
I have received a letter from a potential DoCon user
*
I've downloaded docon 2.08. I am interested in trying to build docon.
I'm using ghc 6.4 intalled on my
Mac OS X machine.
I've run into an erro and it doesn't look too serious,
but I'm not sure exactly what to do...
[..]
Here is the bottom of the file log after running
make space=-M90m docon log:
ar -s
/Users/ruben/Documents/developer/docon-2/docon/source/export/
libHSdocon.a
echo Package {name= \docon\, import_dirs =
[\/Users/ruben/Documents/developer/docon-2/docon/source/export\],
source_dirs = [], library_dirs=
...
/Users/ruben/Documents/developer/docon-2/docon/source/docon.conf -u -g
Creating user package database in
/Users/ruben/.ghc/powerpc-darwin-6.4/package.conf
Reading package info from stdin... ghc-pkg: Line 1: Invalid syntax (no
colon after field name)
make: *** [docon] Error 1
***
I have replied with the following letter:
install.txt of docon-2.08 says:
It was tested under the Haskell implementation GHC-6.2.2.
WARNING: usually, each DoCon version works (literally as it is)
only under a single GHC version.
On the other hand, it is easy to port to other GHC versions.
Mind this warning.
In particular, the usage of ghc-pkg (`packages'), changes rapidly
with the GHC version.
DoCon was tested under Linux.
But it is intersesting to see how it will work under Mac OS X.
Now, you could try the following alternative ways out.
(I)
(preferable for me)
Install ghc-6.4.1 and ask me to send you a pre-release of
docon-2.09.
In docon-2.09 + ghc-6.4.1, the package feature is done in a much
simpler way (it relies on the Cabal subsystem).
With other respects, docon-2.09 is like 2.08.
(II) Install ghc-6.2.2, as required by install.txt of docon-2.08,
and try to make docon-2.08 under ghc-6.2.2,
and write me about the result.
--
What is your advice, please, concerning the versions of
ghc, ghc-pkg, Cabal, as related to Mac OS X.
Have we a chance to run
(docon-2.09, with docon.cabal) + ghc-6.4.1 under Mac OS X ?
Regards,
-
Serge Mechveliani
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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RE: .hc files for building ghc-6.4.1 on amd64 ?
On 17 September 2005 22:05, Wilhelm B. Kloke wrote: I tried it again today. One of my problems was related to gmake version. The configure script should warn, if gmake is older than 3.80 (I had 3.78). I'm using 3.79.1. I do vaguely remember a problem with older versions of gmake - what goes wrong for you? The building of the .hc bundle fails wirth the following messages: ... tar czf ghc-6.4.1-x86_64-unknown-freebsd-hc.tar.gz `cat hc-files-to-go` tar: ghc-6.4.1/ghc/rts/PrimOps.hc: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: ghc-6.4.1/ghc/rts/StgStartup.hc: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: ghc-6.4.1/ghc/rts/StgStdThunks.hc: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: ghc-6.4.1/ghc/rts/Updates.hc: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: ghc-6.4.1/ghc/rts/Apply.hc: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: ghc-6.4.1/ghc/rts/Exception.hc: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: ghc-6.4.1/ghc/rts/HeapStackCheck.hc: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: ghc-6.4.1/ghc/rts/StgMiscClosures.hc: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: ghc-6.4.1/libraries/haskell-src/Language/Haskell/Parser.hs: Cannot stat: No such file or directory gmake: *** [hc-file-bundle] Fehler 1 Yes, you do actually need to generate these .hc files on the host system. What happened to the build in ghc/rts - could you post the error message? Possibly a 'make -k' in ghc/rts will be enough to get these files. I tried to go back to ghc/rts to build more files following the ipattern of the last steps before, but this destroys genapply. Don't quite understand this - could you elaborate? Further, there are some hsc.c files of length 0 like: ~/Haskell/fptools-i386amd64/ghc-6.4.1 0$ ls -l libraries/base/System/*hsc.c -rw-r--r-- 1 wb ifado 0 17 Sep 21:31 libraries/base/System/CPUTime_hsc.c -rw-r--r-- 1 wb ifado 0 17 Sep 21:31 libraries/base/System/Time_hsc.c This is correct (the C compiler should generate an empty object file when compiling them). It was easier to avoid the special case in the build system when the _hsc.c file is empty. The building process on the target system fails with messages that there is no rule to build those files. Also, I needed to have happy and alex on the target system, because make boot fails without them (catch 22). When things are working properly, you don't need Happy or Alex on the target system. I suspect things have gone wrong earlier. A final glitch is that (at least, my) FreeBSD-amd64-6.0 gcc does not include -I/usr/local/include and -L/usr/local/lib in the search path. So libgmp is not found. Ok. You can use the libgmp in the tree (this should happen automatically), or you can add the -I/-L flags to the relevant places. This is something we don't handle very well right now, though. Cheers, Simon ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
Re: .hc files for building ghc-6.4.1 on amd64 ?
Simon Marlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: On 17 September 2005 22:05, Wilhelm B. Kloke wrote: I tried it again today. One of my problems was related to gmake version. The configure script should warn, if gmake is older than 3.80 (I had 3.78). I'm using 3.79.1. I do vaguely remember a problem with older versions of gmake - what goes wrong for you? The old gmake does not get the dependencies right. The building of the .hc bundle fails wirth the following messages: ... tar czf ghc-6.4.1-x86_64-unknown-freebsd-hc.tar.gz `cat hc-files-to-go` tar: ghc-6.4.1/ghc/rts/PrimOps.hc: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ... Cannot stat: No such file or directory gmake: *** [hc-file-bundle] Fehler 1 Yes, you do actually need to generate these .hc files on the host system. What happened to the build in ghc/rts - could you post the error message? Possibly a 'make -k' in ghc/rts will be enough to get these files. I tried to go back to ghc/rts to build more files following the ipattern of the last steps before, but this destroys genapply. Don't quite understand this - could you elaborate? I tried (cd ghc/rts ; gmake all) after (cd ghc/compiler ; gmake stage=2 ) I have further information now. When compiling Linker.c, the compilation fails, because there is no MAP_32BIT in FreeBSD-amd64. Perhaps just removing this could make it work. I have no idea why it is needed on linux-x86_64. there is no rule to build those files. Also, I needed to have happy and alex on the target system, because make boot fails without them (catch 22). When things are working properly, you don't need Happy or Alex on the target system. I suspect things have gone wrong earlier. Probably. But this is in a very early stage. It even happens when using gmake -n boot (for finding the cause I wanted to know the commands which may have failed), that two command using $(HAPPY) and $(ALEX) are executed. I was not able to locate the point better. Perhaps you could try the first stages of the crossbuild on suitable system, where these two variable from mk/config.mk are defined empty (as was the case on my system after configure). A final glitch is that (at least, my) FreeBSD-amd64-6.0 gcc does not include -I/usr/local/include and -L/usr/local/lib in the search path. So libgmp is not found. Ok. You can use the libgmp in the tree (this should happen automatically), or you can add the -I/-L flags to the relevant places. This was not possible, as x86_64 does not seem supported in ghc's gmp. The other solution (exporting LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib) works. -- Dipl.-Math. Wilhelm Bernhard Kloke Institut fuer Arbeitsphysiologie an der Universitaet Dortmund Ardeystrasse 67, D-44139 Dortmund, Tel. 0231-1084-257 ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
RE: .hc files for building ghc-6.4.1 on amd64 ?
On 19 September 2005 12:45, Wilhelm B. Kloke wrote: I tried (cd ghc/rts ; gmake all) after (cd ghc/compiler ; gmake stage=2 ) You should try a 'gmake -k' in ghc/rts, that might be enough to get the required .hc files. I have further information now. When compiling Linker.c, the compilation fails, because there is no MAP_32BIT in FreeBSD-amd64. Perhaps just removing this could make it work. I have no idea why it is needed on linux-x86_64. MAP_32BIT is quite important: it tells mmap() to return memory in the lower 2Gb of the address space, so that we can assume all symbols have 32 bit addresses. This is how the small memory model on Linux works. I bet FreeBSD has something equivalent (or maybe not?). This is only required for GHCi. You can get a working compiler without needing a working Linker.c. Probably. But this is in a very early stage. It even happens when using gmake -n boot (for finding the cause I wanted to know the commands which may have failed), that two command using $(HAPPY) and $(ALEX) are executed. I was not able to locate the point better. Perhaps you could try the first stages of the crossbuild on suitable system, where these two variable from mk/config.mk are defined empty (as was the case on my system after configure). I would, but I'm kind of busy doing the 6.4.1 release right now. When I have more time, I plan to try the port to FreeBSD/amd64 myself (unless anyone gets there first). Cheers, Simon ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
ghc 6.4.1 for OS X from darwinports
Hi, GHC 6.4.1 is now available for OS X via the darwinports system. The compiler is built from source, using a binary bootstrap compilier. Both 10.3 (Panther) and 10.4 (TIger) are supported. For more information on darwinports, see: http://darwinports.opendarwin.org Best Wishes, Greg Gregory Wright Antiope Associates LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
C/Haskell speed comparisons
Hi all, Quite often in darcs we want to do a simple loop over a chunk of memory, looking for the first whitespace character or somesuch. Historically this has been done by writing a small snippet of C, but this has a number of downsides (less type safety in the C code, Int/int/HsInt/CInt mismatches, code artificially separated, complicates the Makefiles, have to write C code), so I'd like to replace them with little bits of Haskell. However, it would be easier to convince people that this is the right thing to do if there was no slow-down involved, so I've put some benchmarks together. Hopefully this will help find some cases where ghc is generating poor code, and perhaps help to spot regressions (although it's hard to spot that automatically currently). Essentially each test has n modules, each of which (are supposed to) do the same thing, and it compares certain pairs and it works out how much slower one is than the other on various test sizes. I arbitrarily declared x1.1 to be too slow. The code is at http://urchin.earth.li/~ian/bench/ and the results I get for ghc 6.4.1 are at http://urchin.earth.li/~ian/bench/all.html (interestingly some of the slowdowns I was trying to measure turned out to be speed/ups/). Thanks Ian ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
