SOLVED. Re: [Haskell-cafe] Linker Errors For OpenGL / GLUT 'Hello World' Program.

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On 2008 Sep 20, at 22:10, Donnie Jones wrote:
> ghc -package GLUT -lglut Hello1.hs -o Hello1 --- works!  :)
>
> I'm not sure why I must specify "-package GLUT" and "-lglut" but  
> that prevents the linker errors.  Also, shouldn't configure  
> correctly figure out how to link the GLUT libraries?  Can someone  
> explain?

You're overriding the information recorded by ghc-pkg (which is used  
if you use ghc --make).

As for why configure doesn't work, I think you'd have to let someone  
who knows the HOpenGL build stuff look at your system.

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