[Haskell-cafe] haskell platform questions

[Don Stewart]

You should file a bug on the Haskell Platform bug tracker.

    http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Haskell_Platform#Trouble_shooting

And I'm CC'ing the dmg maintainer -- it may also be a GHC issue as well.

-- Don

warrensomebody:
> I downloaded the new haskell-platform-2010.1.0.0-i386.dmg today... ran  
> the uninstaller, ghc installer and the platform installer. When I run  
> ghci, it seems to work fine, but when I try cabal, I get this crash:
>
> $ cabal --version
> dyld: unknown required load command 0x80000022
> Trace/BPT trap
>
> Any suggestions? (I'm on 10.5.8). Maybe I'll try the macport install  
> process instead.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Warren
>
> On Mar 18, 2010, at 9:26 AM, John Velman wrote:
>
>> I'm also on Mac Leopard.  I tried installing ghc 6.12 with Haskell
>> Platform 2009.2.9.2-i386.dmg (ghc 6.10.4) for some reason, and ran  
>> into
>> a bunch of problems (problems to me, anyway).  I ended up uninstalling 
>> 6.12
>> and reinstalling haskell platform.  Uninstall is easy, there is an
>> uninstaller script in /Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Tools.
>> (strangely, not in ..Frameworks/HaskellPaltform.framework).
>>
>> I'm still using Leopard, but would like to move to Snow Leopard once I 
>> get
>> a few things out of the way.  But I see that there are (or were) some 
>> tricks in
>> getting ghc to work on OS X 10.6, apparently.  These seem to be well
>> documented, but, I'd rather spend the time on my own projects.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> John V.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 09:07:03PM -0700, Warren Harris wrote:
>>> I installed haskell platform some time ago, and now I'm wondering  
>>> what
>>> version I have. How do I find out?
>>>
>>> Also, when the new one comes along on the 21st, is there a way to  
>>> upgrade?
>>> Or if I must first uninstall the one I have now, how do I uninstall  
>>> it?
>>>
>>> Is it recommended to periodically upgrade packages that came with the
>>> platform (cabal upgrade), or is it recommended that they be left  
>>> alone to
>>> avoid dependency incompatibilities. Similar question for ghc itself  
>>> --
>>> can/should it be upgraded in the context of haskell platform?  (I was
>>> hoping to try Leksah, but it dies without ghc 6.12.1. I seem to have
>>> 6.10.4.)
>>>
>>> Apologies in advance if this is all documented somewhere, but I  
>>> couldn't
>>> find it on the haskell platform site/trac. BTW, I'm on Mac/Leopard  
>>> -- love
>>> the fact that it didn't take hours to build everything!
>>>
>>> Warren
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