[GHC] #1540: GHC on Macs

[GHC]

#1540: GHC on Macs
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    Reporter:  guest            |        Owner:         
        Type:  support request  |       Status:  new    
    Priority:  normal           |    Milestone:         
   Component:  Compiler         |      Version:  6.6.1  
    Severity:  normal           |   Resolution:         
    Keywords:                   |   Difficulty:  Unknown
          Os:  MacOS X          |     Testcase:         
Architecture:  x86              |  
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Changes (by chak):

  * cc:  => chak at cse.unsw.edu.au

Comment:

 As Malcolm says, I think the baseline is to require that gcc is already
 installed and as that is coming on the DVDs included by Apple with any
 Mac, I think that's a reasonable requirement.  (Incidentally, how is that
 realised on windows.  I doubt gcc is bundled with the windows installer,
 or is it?)

 Everybody here using Macs (including me), simply gets ghc via !MacPorts
 <http://www.macports.org/>.   That is quite simple:

  1. Download !MacPorts dmg and install by double clicking.
  2. Execute "sudo port install ghc" in a terminal.

 This compiles ghc from scratch and hence takes a while, but it does not
 take much effort.

 So much for the status quo.  (Is this actually documented anywhere on the
 GHC website?)  Now as for John's request.  I am far from being an expert
 at !MacPort, but I have seen that it has a command to make a dmg file for
 a port.  Does anybody know what these dmg files contain?  Can they be used
 to easily install the port in binary form, just like John wants to?

 Otherwise, does anybody know how Wolfgang Thaller produced his installer
 package?  It shouldn't be hard to provide a double click solution for ghc.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1540>
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