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10/19/09:

17:43 Ticket #3597 (trying to build ghc 6.10.4 from src tarball: haddock: Can't find ...) created by zooko
Folks: Trying to build from the ghc-6.10.4 source tarball on Ubuntu Hardy …

10/17/09:

14:13 Ticket #3596 (getOptions'.parseLanguage(1) went past eof token) created by Paczesiowa
this (19char) "code" crashes ghc-6.10.4: […] ghc: panic! (the …
11:35 Ticket #3595 (The forefathers of Haskell ...) created by JohnD
17 October 2009 I am something of a new face. I wish to introduce myself …
06:04 Ticket #3594 (ppc stage1 panic for --enable-shared) created by juhpetersen
Not sure if this is expected but ghc-6.12 panics on ppc when it starts to …
03:57 Building/Preparation/Windows edited by JohnD
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10/16/09:

07:56 Ticket #3593 (Where has readline gone?) created by spivey
In going from 6.8.x to 6.10.x, I find that Readline has dissappeared. …
05:23 Ticket #3592 (Eta-contraction gives a rather bogus type error message) created by guest
Consider the following program: […] Compiling this with GHC 6.10.3 …

10/15/09:

17:22 Ticket #3591 (A working program reports <<loop>> when compiled with -O) created by blamario
If the attached module Trampoline.hs is compiled with no optimizations it …
12:33 Ticket #3590 (panic (the impossible happened) when compiling with -O2) created by yairchu
when compiling the attached program with -O2 I get the following error: …
10:51 Building/Porting edited by kili
It's primops.txt, not primop.txt (diff)
10:10 Building/Porting edited by kili
Generated primop goo should go into boot.tar.gz (diff)
06:38 Commentary/Compiler/NewCodeGenPipeline edited by simonpj
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06:36 Commentary/Compiler/NewCodeGenPipeline edited by simonpj
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06:34 Commentary/Compiler/NewCodeGenPipeline edited by simonpj
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06:32 Commentary/Compiler/NewCodeGenPipeline edited by simonpj
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06:31 Commentary/Compiler/NewCodeGenPipeline edited by simonpj
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06:20 Commentary/Compiler/NewCodeGen edited by simonpj
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05:47 Ticket #3580 (ghc-6.12.1rc1 on Nix: ghci does not work) closed by kosmikus
invalid: Ok, I have been able to fix the problem. It was caused by Nix …
05:33 Ticket #959 (Debugging info(?) leaks out: "Urk! Inventing strangely-kinded void TyCon") closed by simonpj
fixed: I finally got around to fixing this […] IAN: Don't merge to the …
04:56 Ticket #3589 (Recompilation checker doesn't take into account CPP headers) created by simonmar
When using CPP, the recompilation checker doesn't check the date on any …
04:53 Ticket #3588 (ghc -M should emit dependencies on CPP headers) created by simonmar
When using CPP, ghc -M should emit dependencies on header files that are …
04:48 Ticket #3263 (Warnings for monadic values not used) reopened by simonpj
Good point. Fixed by: […]
00:16 Status/SLPJ-Tickets edited by simonpj
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10/14/09:

15:36 Ticket #3587 (provide a cross-platform way to set environment variables) created by shahn
System.Environment contains cross-platform operations to query environment …
08:15 Ticket #3586 (Initialisation of unboxed arrays is too slow) created by simonpj
On the Clean mailing list, Philippos Apolinarius [phi500ac@…] …
08:03 TypeFunctionsStatus edited by simonpj
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07:42 Ticket #3561 (Incorrect code generation on x86) closed by simonmar
fixed: Test added.
05:07 Ticket #3585 (runhaskell displays an UTF-8 decoding error) closed by chak
invalid: It's trying to load the binary, so not really a bug.
04:01 Ticket #3585 (runhaskell displays an UTF-8 decoding error) created by chak
I have the following problem with the 6.12.1RC1 Mac installer package on …
01:08 Ticket #3584 (type signature involving a type family rejected) created by baramoglo
add1 is rejected in the following program: […] The following …

10/13/09:

16:28 Ticket #3583 (Default view patterns) created by ksf
as useful for code like …
12:09 Ticket #3487 (Data.ByteString.Lazy.elemIndices returns wrong results) closed by duncan
fixed: Fix is in bytestring-0.9.1.5 which is included with ghc-6.12.
12:09 Ticket #3486 (Data.ByteString.elemIndices causes SEGV) closed by duncan
fixed: Replying to simonmar: > Duncan, can this be closed now? Yes, …
11:00 Ticket #3581 (Compiling with optimizations on hurts performance) closed by gchrupala
duplicate
10:52 Ticket #3582 (Compiling with optimizations on hurts performance) created by gchrupala
The attached program runs many times slower when compiled with …
10:46 Ticket #3581 (Compiling with optimizations on hurts performance) created by gchrupala
The attached program runs many times slower when compiled with …
08:42 Ticket #3580 (ghc-6.12.1rc1 on Nix: ghci does not work) created by kosmikus
After building the ghc-6.12.1 release candidate on a 32-bit Arch Linux …
02:57 Ticket #3562 (syb package on Hackage does not work with 6.12) closed by dreixel
wontfix: GHC 6.12 comes with its own syb-0.1.0.2. GHC 6.14 will not come with syb, …
01:49 Ticket #3546 (Use of float type in unregistered build freezes program) closed by igloo
fixed: Merged.

10/12/09:

12:49 Ticket #3568 (Command line flag "exclude-module" not recognized) closed by igloo
fixed: Fixed in HEAD and 6.12.
12:47 Ticket #3576 (minor errors in docs/users_guide/6.12.1-notes.xml) closed by igloo
fixed: Merged, thanks!
11:27 Ticket #3579 (Error: symbol `Bug_compose1_closure' is already defined) created by igloo
In …
06:19 Ticket #3578 (internal error: evacuate(static): strange closure type 42) created by nccb
I have a concurrent program (using CHP, which sits on top of STM+forkIO), …
05:36 Ticket #3574 (The install-docs target no longer works in 6.12) closed by igloo
fixed: Thanks for the report; I've removed that section of the README.
05:36 Ticket #3573 (ghc-6.12 source tarball README still mentions extralibs) closed by igloo
fixed: Thanks for the report; I've updated the README.
03:29 Ticket #3555 (Vectorisation error with negative Double const) closed by rl
duplicate: I've opened #3577 as a placeholder for issues related to incomplete DPH …
03:27 Ticket #3577 (Complete support for Data Parallel Haskell) created by rl
I'm going to open this as a placeholder for all the things the vectoriser …
02:14 Ticket #3544 (Add instance IsString ShowS where fromString = showString) closed by basvandijk
wontfix

10/11/09:

23:10 Ticket #3576 (minor errors in docs/users_guide/6.12.1-notes.xml) created by rwbarton
* listitem is misspelled a total of 4 times as listierm (two open …
21:45 Ticket #3575 (mkStdGen and split conspire to make some programs predictable) created by rwbarton
The following program random.hs is intended to produce a line containing …
19:47 Ticket #3574 (The install-docs target no longer works in 6.12) created by bos
In the README file of GHC 6.12.1 RC 1, the method listed for installing …
15:50 Ticket #3573 (ghc-6.12 source tarball README still mentions extralibs) created by rwbarton
The README in the source tarball …

10/10/09:

11:54 Ticket #3567 (Configure script looks for ld too early) closed by igloo
fixed: This is now fixed in HEAD and 6.12.
10:36 Ticket #3572 (Empty types are prettyprinted with trailing "=") created by FSalad
This prints the invalid declaration "data Void ="; should be "data Void": …
00:29 Ticket #3231 (Permission denied error with runProcess/openFile) reopened by yugr
Report as bug until proven otherwise.

10/09/09:

07:42 Commentary/Rts/Storage/CAFs edited by simonmar
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07:40 Ticket #3571 (Bizzarely bloated binaries) created by guest
Compiling a trivial test program: […] Using GHC 6.10.4 produces a …
07:35 Commentary/Rts/Storage/HeapObjects edited by simonmar
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06:37 HackPar edited by vjanjic
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06:36 HackPar created by vjanjic
04:02 Ticket #3570 (:~/base-4.0.0.0$ sudo runghc Setup.hs configure) closed by simonmar
fixed: This one has been fixed in later releases, please upgrade GHC.
02:03 Ticket #3570 (:~/base-4.0.0.0$ sudo runghc Setup.hs configure) created by guest
<interactive>:1:22: attempting to use module `System.IO' …

10/08/09:

23:49 Ticket #3569 (ghci can't handle utf-8 chinese char correctly when modify.) created by guest
ubuntu 8.04, ghc 6.10.4,gnome-terminal if you can't display chinese char …
15:10 Commentary/Rts/Storage/CAFs edited by diatchki
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15:08 Commentary/Rts/Storage/CAFs edited by diatchki
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15:06 Commentary/Rts/Storage/CAFs edited by diatchki
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15:05 Commentary/Rts/Storage/CAFs edited by diatchki
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15:05 Commentary/Rts/Storage/CAFs edited by diatchki
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11:45 Ticket #3568 (Command line flag "exclude-module" not recognized) created by heatsink
The exclude-module flag used with ghc -M does not work as …
11:25 Commentary/Rts/Storage/CAFs edited by diatchki
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11:25 Commentary/Rts/Storage/CAFs edited by diatchki
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11:23 Commentary/Rts/Storage/CAFs edited by diatchki
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11:22 Commentary/Rts/Storage/CAFs edited by diatchki
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06:54 Status/SLPJ-Tickets edited by simonpj
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06:45 Building/Troubleshooting edited by simonpj
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06:43 Building/Troubleshooting edited by simonpj
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04:45 Ticket #3567 (Configure script looks for ld too early) created by simonpj
Because of #3565, I tried moving c:/mingw out of the way. But now …
04:42 Ticket #3566 (Install fails on Windows) created by simonpj
When I do sh validate I get […] Turns out that INSTALL_LIBEXECS is …
04:13 Ticket #3565 (Wrong gcc being used) created by simonpj
SimonM and I have just spent two hours tracking down a horrible …

10/07/09:

17:00 Ticket #3564 (Drop-in replacements for integer library no longer work) closed by igloo
fixed: Thanks for the report. You mean it doesn't work with 6.10.4, right? …
16:31 Ticket #3564 (Drop-in replacements for integer library no longer work) created by tim
I was trying to replace the integer-gmp library with integer-simple in a …
10:34 Building/Porting edited by kili
Run host/target path replacement o inplace/lib/package.conf.d/*.conf (diff)
09:37 Status/SLPJ-Tickets edited by simonpj
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00:40 Ticket #3563 (A couple of additions to Data.Bits) created by porges
Population count is an often-needed function when bitfiddling, so I think …

10/06/09:

16:32 Commentary/Rts/Storage/CAFs edited by diatchki
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01:59 Ticket #3562 (syb package on Hackage does not work with 6.12) created by simonmar
The syb package on Hackage (0.1.0.1) has -package-name syb, which was …

10/05/09:

20:58 Commentary/Rts/Storage/CAFs edited by benl
Fix typos (diff)
16:24 Commentary/Rts/Storage/CAFs edited by diatchki
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16:14 Building/Architecture/Idiom/Directories edited by igloo
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16:07 Commentary/Rts/Storage/CAFs edited by diatchki
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16:05 Building/Architecture edited by igloo
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16:04 Building/Architecture/Idiom/Directories edited by igloo
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16:04 Building/Architecture/Idiom/Directories created by igloo
15:21 Commentary/Rts/Scheduler edited by diatchki
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15:20 Commentary/Rts/Scheduler edited by diatchki
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15:18 Commentary/Rts/Scheduler edited by diatchki
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15:15 Commentary/Rts/FFI edited by diatchki
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14:30 Commentary/Rts/FFI edited by diatchki
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14:12 Commentary/Rts/Storage/Stack edited by diatchki
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11:26 Commentary/Rts/Storage/BlockAlloc edited by diatchki
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11:26 Commentary/Rts/Storage/BlockAlloc edited by diatchki
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10:57 Commentary/Rts/Storage/BlockAlloc edited by diatchki
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10:45 Commentary/Rts/Storage/Stack edited by diatchki
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10:42 Commentary/Rts/Storage/Stack edited by diatchki
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10:39 Commentary/Rts/Storage/Stack edited by diatchki
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04:51 Ticket #3560 (Template Haskell attempts to load unnecessary packages) closed by simonmar
duplicate: This is a dup of #2437, but I forgive you for not finding it, it took me …
04:27 Ticket #3551 (Tests conc069 and conc070 failing for unregistered build) closed by simonmar
fixed: Fixed, thanks for the report […]

10/04/09:

15:08 Ticket #3561 (Incorrect code generation on x86) created by aleksey
This program prints "0" on x86 with ghc-6.10.4 and "-O" optimization at …

10/03/09:

18:00 Building/Preparation/Windows edited by igloo
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05:13 Building/Porting edited by kili
Running configure in libraries/* may need additional arguments. (diff)
05:09 Building/Porting edited by kili
sh configure, not ./configure, since the contents … (diff)

10/02/09:

18:16 Ticket #3560 (Template Haskell attempts to load unnecessary packages) created by heatsink
To run TH splices, GHC's interpreter loads all packages specified on the …
17:46 Ticket #3559 (split ghci modules off into their own package) created by igloo
ghci code should be split into bits that are always compiled (and always …
17:36 Ticket #3558 (Make haddock compilable without ghci being enabled) created by igloo
Make haddock compilable without ghci being enabled, and set HADDOCK_DOCS
11:19 Ticket #3540 (Parser accepts malformed types with implicit parameters) closed by igloo
fixed: Merged.
09:41 Ticket #3557 (CPU Vector instructions in GHC.Prim) created by guest
It would be nice to have support for vector unit (MMX, SSE, AltiVec?, and …
02:08 Ticket #2273 (inlining defeats seq) reopened by simonpj
See also this thread, …
01:15 Status/SLPJ-Tickets edited by simonpj
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10/01/09:

18:10 Ticket #3556 (Build the bootstrapping ghc-pkg with ghc-cabal) created by igloo
The current build rules for ghc-pkg are getting increasingly intricate. …
07:58 Ticket #3555 (Vectorisation error with negative Double const) created by ams
Negative Double constants cause an error in parallel comprehensions. This …
06:26 Commentary/Libraries edited by simonmar
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09/30/09:

04:02 Commentary/Libraries edited by simonmar
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04:01 Commentary/Libraries edited by simonmar
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04:00 Commentary/Libraries edited by simonmar
add binary, bin-package-db (diff)
03:38 Commentary/Libraries edited by simonpj
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02:06 TypeFunctionsStatus edited by simonpj
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01:40 Ticket #3554 (ASSERT failed! file TcMType.lhs line 349) created by simonmar
Test T2627b is failing with an assertion failure with a DEBUG compiler: …

09/29/09:

08:33 Building/Using edited by dterei
change ghclibways description to refer to ways.mk (diff)
07:16 Ticket #3542 (ghc-cabal deadlocks) closed by igloo
fixed: Fixed: […]
06:57 Ticket #3553 (parallel gc suffers badly if one thread is descheduled) created by simonmar
The parallel GC synchronisation uses pure spinlocks, which leads to a …
04:56 Packages edited by simonmar
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04:55 Commentary/Packages edited by simonmar
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04:34 Commentary/Compiler/NewCodeGen edited by simonpj
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04:34 Ticket #3552 (Unreachable code in optimised CMM code) created by simonpj
Ben found that GHC is gnerating some unreachable C-- code. While the NCG …
02:03 Ticket #3520 (Implement Type and Pattern splicing) closed by simonpj
fixed: Type splices are fully implemented in the upcoming 6.10. Pattern splices …

09/28/09:

17:20 Ticket #3551 (Tests conc069 and conc070 failing for unregistered build) created by dterei
The two tests conc069 and conc070 both fail for an unregistered …
14:38 Ticket #3550 (Dynamic libraries don't work on Mac OS/X) created by StephenBlackheath
GHC doesn't build properly on Mac OS/X when dynamic library support is …
09:20 Ticket #3549 (unlit does not follow H98 spec) created by duncan
The Haskell 98 spec has this to say about the …
08:33 Commentary/SourceTree edited by simonpj
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06:23 Ticket #3548 (test T3294 incorrectly reported as error for unregistered build) created by dterei
The testsuite test, T3294 is incorrectly reported as an error when the …
05:00 Ticket #3547 (Improve granularity of UndecidableInstances) created by ksf
Currently, as a LANGUAGE pragma, UndecidableInstances? can only be set once …

09/27/09:

20:45 Ticket #3546 (Use of float type in unregistered build freezes program) created by dterei
If you compile a ghc HEAD version in unregistered mode there is a bug that …
14:14 Ticket #3545 (As-patterns for type signatures) created by LouisWasserman
The proposal: in any type signature, the presence of type variable x@pat …
13:30 Ticket #3544 (Add instance IsString ShowS where fromString = showString) created by basvandijk
It would be really nice to use …
08:14 Ticket #3400 (OS X: ghc broken on Snow Leopard) reopened by GregoryCollins
I don't think that the advice on the mailing list is enough to fix all of …

09/25/09:

16:12 Ticket #3543 (-fext-core doesn't force recompilation when .hcr file doesn't exist) created by tim
If I do: ghc -o foo foo.hs and then immediately afterward: ghc -fext-core …
15:49 Ticket #3542 (ghc-cabal deadlocks) created by igloo
Trying to build an OS X installer is currently deadlocking when […] …
09:06 DarcsConversion/Building/GettingTheSources edited by andersk
Git tracks the executable bit, so no need for chmod +x. (diff)
07:06 Ticket #3541 (Allow local foreign imports) created by mokus
I have no idea the level of difficulty this would entail, but it would be …

09/24/09:

10:39 Ticket #3505 (type mismatch error message with operator sections counts the arguments ...) closed by igloo
fixed: Fixed, thanks.
10:39 Ticket #3521 (ld on mac won't allow -rpath unless you specify macosx_version_min 10.5) closed by igloo
fixed: Applied, thanks!
06:29 Ticket #3513 (Network package does not work on Windows 2000) closed by igloo
invalid: This looks like a bug in the network package. Please file a ticket on the …
02:45 Ticket #3494 (missing build system dependency) reopened by simonmar
Couldn't we make ghc-cabal depend on `$(wildcard …
02:17 Ticket #3536 (ghci doesn't resolve libm symbols properly on Windows) closed by simonmar
fixed: Fixed […]

09/23/09:

19:34 Ticket #3540 (Parser accepts malformed types with implicit parameters) created by benl
The parser in GHC 6.11 currently accepts this: […] Where the type …
17:24 Ticket #3503 (Add __attribute__((constructor))-equivalent pragma) closed by igloo
wontfix: I'm going to close this ticket, due to the lack of consensus that it …
16:42 Ticket #3494 (missing build system dependency) closed by igloo
invalid: The problem is that this is really part of the build system. When we build …
15:11 Ticket #2969 (unix package built wrong on Solaris) closed by igloo
fixed: Test added to the unix package, thanks!
13:44 Ticket #3539 (internal error: ASSERTION FAILED: file sm/Evac.c, line 368) created by elaforge
Searching trac for "ASSERTION FAILED" or Evac.c didn't turn this up, so …
11:43 Ticket #3493 ("make install" fails with error on rts/Config.h in HEAD) closed by igloo
fixed: Fixed; installing ghc-6.12.0.20090922-x86_64-unknown-linux.tar.bz2
11:43 Ticket #3481 (Nightly snapshot fails to install) closed by igloo
fixed: Fixed; installing ghc-6.12.0.20090922-x86_64-unknown-linux.tar.bz2
11:42 Ticket #3448 (Error with .so files in HEAD snapshot distribution) closed by igloo
fixed: Fixed; installing ghc-6.12.0.20090922-x86_64-unknown-linux.tar.bz2
08:30 Ticket #1876 (Complete shared library support) closed by simonmar
fixed: Shared libs are working on Linux in 6.12.1. We should open separate …
06:29 Building/Installing edited by simonmar
document DESTDIR (diff)
05:46 Ticket #3531 (Haddock needs tcRnGetInfo, hence GhcWithInterpreter YES) reopened by igloo
Is there a reason for this function to be enabled only if GHCi is?
05:44 Ticket #3538 (ghc 6.10.4 freebsd panic for language pragma of form: -foobar) closed by igloo
fixed: Thanks for the report. Happily, this is already fixed in the HEAD.
04:06 Ticket #3538 (ghc 6.10.4 freebsd panic for language pragma of form: -foobar) created by kasse
I am learning haskell, sorry if this is an irrelevant bug. Just following …
03:49 Ticket #3537 (Add missing NFData instances to parallel) created by Roel van Dijk
[ http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/parallel/1.1.0.1/doc/html/Cont
02:53 Ticket #3534 (hSetBinaryMode fails after some input has been read) closed by simonmar
fixed: Fixed […]
02:53 Ticket #3531 (Haddock needs tcRnGetInfo, hence GhcWithInterpreter YES) closed by simonmar
fixed: Pushed, thanks! […]
01:35 Ticket #3535 (GHC Panic compiling hgalib-0.2) closed by simonmar
fixed: The hgalib package has some .hi files in it - please contact the …

09/22/09:

21:47 Ticket #3536 (ghci doesn't resolve libm symbols properly on Windows) created by augustss
The erf package on hackage uses the libm functions erf and erfc. This all …
13:40 Ticket #3535 (GHC Panic compiling hgalib-0.2) created by guest
Building hgalib-0.2 results in a compiler panic. GHC was compiled from …
09:45 Ticket #3534 (hSetBinaryMode fails after some input has been read) created by judah
For the following program (BadSeek.hs), type a couple characters of …
09:29 Ticket #3533 (mac installer package deletes old version of ghc) created by malcolm.wallace@…
The Mac installer package on the ghc downloads page (the .pkg, not the …
05:46 Ticket #3529 (Can't push to checked-out repos any more) closed by simonmar
fixed: Fixed […]
03:22 Ticket #3532 (haddock should support content indexing of versioned package dirs) created by juhpetersen
When generating the libraries/index.html file haddock generates broken …

09/21/09:

08:34 Ticket #3531 (Haddock needs tcRnGetInfo, hence GhcWithInterpreter YES) created by donn
"Unregisterized" cross compile fails on stage2 build of Haddock because, …
04:30 Ticket #3398 (Unicode output in GHC) closed by simonmar
fixed: All done. Windows code-page support is in, and GHC now goes through the …

09/20/09:

22:40 Ticket #3530 (GHCi does not work on Snow Leopard) created by chak
When compiling GHC as a 32-bit application on Snow Leopard (Mac OS X …
09:49 Building/Porting edited by kili
inplace/lib/package.conf changed (diff)
09:31 Ticket #3529 (Can't push to checked-out repos any more) created by igloo
I used to be able to do: […] to push to a checked-out repo, but …
03:39 Ticket #3528 (GHC crash: equality and class contexts on datatype accessor) closed by chak
worksforme: This works in the development version.

09/19/09:

09:01 Building/Using edited by igloo
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08:51 Building/Using edited by igloo
Remove explanation of now-nonexistent GhcBootLibs? variable (diff)
05:46 Ticket #3528 (GHC crash: equality and class contexts on datatype accessor) created by guest
The following program: […] produces the following bug when compiled …
03:13 Ticket #3453 (Add "check" function to Control.Monad) closed by JonFairbairn
wontfix: I've opened ticket #3524 to add mfilter. To paraphrase what I said on the …
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