Re: ranlib

On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 12:10 -0500, Peter Gavin wrote:

The makefiles generated by cabal don't run ranlib on libraries. This is a big problem since GHC uses the makefile generator :)

I've attached a patch that fixes things. I tested it by replacing the Cabal tree in a ghc snapshot; everything seems to build ok.

Could you be more specific? As I understand it, building GHC does indeed work on most platforms currently. So what are the symptoms exactly and on what platform? Duncan