Ticket #654 (closed feature request: fixed)

Opened 6 years ago

Last modified 2 years ago

Cabalization of the GHC library.

Reported by: Lemmih Owned by: igloo
Priority: normal Milestone: 6.10.1
Component: Build System Version: 6.4.1
Keywords: Cc:
Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Type of failure: Difficulty: Moderate (less than a day)
Test Case: N/A Blocked By:
Blocking: Related Tickets:

Description

Rebuilding the GHC library when, say, a new version of Cabal is install, is not very convenient. Even harder is it to build with profiling enabled. Cabalizing the library would be an ideal solution, although I'm not sure how it'll work with the rest of the build-system.

Change History

Changed 6 years ago by Lemmih

  • component changed from Compiler to Build System

Changed 5 years ago by igloo

  • milestone changed from 6.6 to 6.8

Changed 5 years ago by igloo

  • owner set to igloo
  • testcase set to N/A

I'll look at this after the libraries are built with cabal.

Changed 4 years ago by simonmar

  • milestone changed from 6.8 branch to 6.10 branch

Changed 4 years ago by igloo

  • milestone changed from 6.10 branch to 6.10.1

Changed 4 years ago by igloo

  • status changed from new to closed
  • resolution set to fixed

We now build GHC with Cabal.

Changed 3 years ago by simonmar

  • architecture changed from Multiple to Unknown/Multiple

Changed 3 years ago by simonmar

  • os changed from Multiple to Unknown/Multiple

Changed 2 years ago by simonmar

  • difficulty changed from Moderate (1 day) to Moderate (less than a day)
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