[Haskell-cafe] compiling 32 bits haskell program on 64 bits linux

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On Mar 17, 2010, at 06:08 , Vincent Hanquez wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 08:18:50AM +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
>> Vincent Hanquez wrote:
>>> I was looking for a way to generate 32 bits haskell binary on a 64  
>>> bits linux.
>>
>> Once absolutely reliable and foolproof way of doing this is to run a
>> 32 bit chroot within your 64 bit system and then then install the 32
>> bit vesion of GHC in the chroot.
>
> That's what i do on a personal system, but we're looking for a way  
> that doesn't requires
> root priviledge/chroot to integrate into an openembedded (target is  
> i386) type build.

Follow the directions for Haskell on Snow Leopard; the 64-bit version  
doesn't work there yet, so the install instructions force it into 32- 
bit mode.  (This involves putting -m32 options in strategic places, so  
it should work on any Intel platform.)

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brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] allbery at kf8nh.com
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electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university    KF8NH


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