Re: What is "ghc" and why was it installed?

2023-01-23 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jan 18, 2023, at 17:31, Clemens Lang wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 04:08:25AM +, Fielding, Eric J (US 329A) via > macports-users wrote: >> I was running “port selfupdate” and “port upgrade outdated” for the >> first time in a while, and I noticed that my Intel MacBook Pro was >>

Re: What is "ghc" and why was it installed?

2023-01-18 Thread Clemens Lang
On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 04:08:25AM +, Fielding, Eric J (US 329A) via macports-users wrote: > I was running “port selfupdate” and “port upgrade outdated” for the > first time in a while, and I noticed that my Intel MacBook Pro was > spending almost an hour compiling a port called “ghc” that I

Re: What is "ghc" and why was it installed?

2023-01-18 Thread joerg van den hoff
ghc is the Haskell compiler. so probably you need it to compile some haskell code source package I guess? (IIRC, `pandoc' would be one example of a widely used tool written in Haskell). br/j On 18.01.23 05:08, Fielding, Eric J (US 329A) via macports-users wrote: I was running “port

Re: What is "ghc" and why was it installed?

2023-01-17 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
> On Jan 17, 2023, at 11:08 PM, Fielding, Eric J (US 329A) via macports-users > wrote: > > I was running “port selfupdate” and “port upgrade outdated” for the first > time in a while, and I noticed that my Intel MacBook Pro was spending almost > an hour compiling a port called “ghc” that I

What is "ghc" and why was it installed?

2023-01-17 Thread Fielding, Eric J (US 329A) via macports-users
I was running “port selfupdate” and “port upgrade outdated” for the first time in a while, and I noticed that my Intel MacBook Pro was spending almost an hour compiling a port called “ghc” that I don’t remember seeing before and I am sure I did not request. Is this part of something else that