Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of Building/CrossCompiling

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01/18/13 08:15:05 (4 months ago)
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    v8 v9  
    114114You can do this even without installing your cross-compiler, just use `$TOP/inplace/bin/ghc-stage1` as `<cross-ghc>`. 
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    116 NB. you should ensure that the cross-compiled packages won't conflict with your native packages; one way to do this is to modify your `$HOME/.cabal/config` to include the platform in the installation directory for packages: 
     116NB. you should ensure that the cross-compiled packages won't conflict with your native packages.  If the version of your `cross-ghc` is dated, such as 7.7.20130116, then that may be enough to avoid a conflict. 
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     118Another way to do this is to modify your `$HOME/.cabal/config` to include the platform in the installation directory for packages: 
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    118120{{{ 
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     125Unfortunately this '''does not work''' at the moment, because `cabal` uses the wrong values for `$arch` and `$os`, see [https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/1184].