new version available. Reproducible: Always
also according to the ghc docs... it uses libedit, dep doesn't seem to be there. possibly it's not a hard requirement, so a libedit use flag might be appropriate. I'm working on getting an ebuild working.
Thanks for working on the version bump; I'll assign this to the maintainers and you can use this bug to discuss any issues that come up.
There is already an ebuild for this available in the Haskell overlay. Many packages are incompatible with it, which is why I believe Lennart Kolmodin hasn't sent it to the main tree yet.
I don't think that 'breaking packages' is a good reason to keep something out of the tree. ~M if you must. I'm adding the ebuild off the gentoo-haskell overlay to funtoo.org that way, I'm also masking binary and making ghcbootstrap on by default.
(In reply to comment #4) > I don't think that 'breaking packages' is a good reason to keep something out > of the tree. ~M if you must. I'm adding the ebuild off the gentoo-haskell > overlay to funtoo.org that way, I'm also masking binary and making ghcbootstrap > on by default. That is something you should _not_ do. `ghcbootstrap' is the USE flag utilised by devs to bootstrap ghc onto new architectures (preferably using the build script in the overlay) whereas `binary' uses the gentoo-specific binary of ghc produced using USE=ghcbootstrap rather than building ghc from scratch: USE=binary replaces ghc-bin.
but you guys aren't providing binaries at the moment, and my guess is a normal build doesn't work (tried it) because there's no binary so it has to be bootstrapped. I understand what the flags are for, but I don't see that I can handle it another way. I thought about building an x86 and amd64 binary, but that's all I could do. I felt it better to provide something people could build, and use to write code rather than not provide anything. When it makes it into portage I'll let your final ebuild and settings replace mine. I can verify that it builds on amd64 fine.
(In reply to comment #6) > but you guys aren't providing binaries at the moment, There is an x86 binary (I should know, as I built it) but no-one has bootstrapped on the other architectures. > and my guess is a normal > build doesn't work (tried it) because there's no binary so it has to be > bootstrapped. Exactly, since a large part of ghc is written in Haskell. > I understand what the flags are for, but I don't see that I can > handle it another way. The reason it's still overlay only is not only due to package compatability, but also because the build process has changed slightly (use of libedit, etc.) and because no-one has been able to bootstrap other arches to ensure it works there. As it stands, the x86 binary I built needs to be redone as there's been reports that it doesn't work properly with <gcc-4.3. > I thought about building an x86 and amd64 binary, but > that's all I could do. I felt it better to provide something people could > build, and use to write code rather than not provide anything. When it makes it > into portage I'll let your final ebuild and settings replace mine. Note that there are slight differences between the ebuilds used in the overlay and those in the tree (mainly due to the bootstrap process, which normal users never have anything to do with).
So far, we've got a working version of ghc 6.10.1 in the gentoo haskell overlay. As you've noticed, this ghc version depends on libedit instead of readline. The gentoo version of libedit is faulty, as noted here http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2716 and here http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=237882 . It has a bug that makes ghci eat all your memory... unpleasant. If you install from the overlay you will get a patched version of libedit, things will work. Binaries are provided for x86 and amd64.
As for 237882, can you try with masked libedit (20090111.3.0)?
Time to report what's been going on in the haskell overlay. We will switch to using sys-libs/readline instead of dev-libs/libedit, as many users find this a superior package. GHC 6.10.1 was the first GHC release to use libedit, and it didn't exactly get a warm welcoming... GHC 6.12.1 will likely switch to haskeline, an implementation written in haskell. If you can't wait to try a ghci version using haskeline you can emerge the dev-haskell/ghci-haskeline package from the overlay. As a consequence of using readline the bootstrapping binary will be compiled to not include ghci (and thus not have a dep on neither readline nor libedit), due to licensing issues. We also got into trouble when we depend on these upgradeable packages, as the bundled ghc we use to bootstrap broke depending on which readline/libedit version the host system had installed. See bug #259867, comment 4. The ghc-6.10.1 package in the haskell overlay has been patched to use readline. There is also a new bootstrapping binary for x86, and the amd64 binary is on its way. You can still install with amd64, but you need to use libedit-20061103-r3 from the overlay. For developers, to compile a binary ghc package to bootstrap with (ghc binary with disabled readline) when there is no existing ghc of the given version for your arch yet you run this: $ USE="ghcmakebinary ghcbootstrap doc" emerge -b dev-lang/ghc Note that you need to already have a previous version of ghc to use USE="ghcbootstrap". For those of you who would like to try the new ghc 6.10.2 rc1 it is also available in the overlay (named ghc-6.10.1.20090314).
Hi Lennart, could you please provide another update on the situation? I was also wondering about the licensing issue you mention. GHC is BSD licensed, so it should be GPL-2 compatible, no?
What's the current situation with this bug?
Hey guys, sorry for the delay. GHC 6.10.4 has been unmasked in portage, enjoy! Have a look at the tool haskell-updater (it's replacing ghc-updater) to recompile your previously installed libraries. Cheers!
Created attachment 211880 [details] ghc build log checking version of ghc... 6.10.4 checking for nhc... no checking for nhc98... no checking for hbc... no checking for ld... /usr/bin/ld ./configure: line 11121: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Created attachment 211882 [details] autoconf.out
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please reopen (In reply to comment #13) > Hey guys, > sorry for the delay. > > GHC 6.10.4 has been unmasked in portage, enjoy! > > Have a look at the tool haskell-updater (it's replacing ghc-updater) to > recompile your previously installed libraries. > > Cheers! >
When you run into a new issue, please open a new bug. The autoconf issue has nothing to do with the bumping of ghc. Also, your issue is already registered at bug #295487.
