[GHC] #1540: GHC on Macs

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#1540: GHC on Macs
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    Reporter:  guest         |        Owner:  thorkilnaur
        Type:  task          |       Status:  new        
    Priority:  high          |    Milestone:  6.8 branch 
   Component:  Build System  |      Version:  6.6.1      
    Severity:  normal        |   Resolution:             
    Keywords:                |   Difficulty:  Unknown    
          Os:  MacOS X       |     Testcase:             
Architecture:  x86           |  
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Comment (by guest):

 I generate Mac binaries depending on the `GNUreadline` and `GMP`
 frameworks. I think, this happens automatically when these frameworks are
 installed under /Library/Frameworks.

 {{{
 otool -L hets
 hets:
         GNUreadline.framework/Versions/A/GNUreadline (compatibility
 version 5.0.0, current version 5.2.0)
         /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current
 version 88.1.10)
         GMP.framework/Versions/A/GMP (compatibility version 8.0.0, current
 version 8.1.0)
 }}}

 If the frameworks are only under your home directory they allow running
 binaries, but for linking  extra flags are needed (i.e.
 `-F$HOME/Library/Frameworks -framework GMP`)

 I propose to link against these frameworks only, since unpacking the
 frameworks looks easier to me, but there may arise problems when different
 versions of these frameworks need to be handled.

 Christian.Maeder at dfki.de

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