GHC 6.6 for OS X using MacPorts

[Gregory Wright]

Hi Aaron,

On Oct 28, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Aaron Tomb wrote:

> I'm running version 2.2.1
>

That could be the problem. I'm running 2.4.  IIRC, the
early Xcodes for Intel had a problem like this.  What happens
if you upgrade to the latest?  (Xcode is a free download, but you
need to register at the apple developer site.)

-Greg

> Aaron
>
> On Oct 28, 2006, at 9:54 AM, Gregory Wright wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Aaron,
>>
>> On Oct 27, 2006, at 12:42 PM, Aaron Tomb wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> The Portfile has made it to the servers, but installation doesn't  
>>> complete successfully for me (on Intel/10.4.8). The first issue  
>>> is that something happens to the dynamic library lookup path so  
>>> the configure check for a working C compiler fails with a dyld  
>>> error. I managed to fix this with the following:
>>>
>>>   cd /usr
>>>   mkdir i686-apple-darwin8
>>>   cd i686-apple-darwin8
>>>   ln -s ../lib
>>>
>>> This allows configure to complete, but then it seems to have  
>>> trouble finding the bootstrap compiler. I've attached the entire  
>>> output, since I think context is important. If it seems more  
>>> appropriate for this discussion to continue on the MacPorts  
>>> mailing list, let me know.
>>>
>>
>> Can you tell me which version of Xcode you are running? Do
>>
>> 	open /Developer/Applications/Xcode.app
>>
>> then under the "Xcode" menu look at "About Xcode" .  It should  
>> give the
>> version number, as well as the component version number.   Send  
>> those to me.
>>
>> Everything seems to work fine for some installation on Intel, and  
>> others
>> have seen the problem you describe.  Look very much like some
>> Xcode version issue.
>>
>> Best WIshes,
>> Greg
>>
>>
>>> Aaron
>>>
>>> <ghc-macports.log>
>>>
>>> On Oct 27, 2006, at 6:59 AM, Gregory Wright wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> GHC 6.6 is now available for OS X systems on both Intel and PowerPC
>>>> processors using the MacPorts infrastructure.
>>>>
>>>> The compiler is built from source, using a binary bootstrap  
>>>> compiler. OS X
>>>> versions 10.3 (Panther) and 10.4 (Tiger) are supported for  
>>>> PowerPC processors;
>>>> for Intel processors, version 10.4.
>>>>
>>>> MacPorts (formerly Darwinports) is a packaging system for managing
>>>> builds of unix-compatible software on OS X.  For more  
>>>> information on MacPorts,
>>>> see
>>>>
>>>> 		http://www.macports.org/
>>>>
>>>> A new ghc-devel port will soon be available for those who just have
>>>> to live on the bleeding edge.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best Wishes,
>>>> Greg
>>>>
>>>> Gregory Wright
>>>> Antiope Associates LLC
>>>> gwright at antiope.com
>>>>
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