
Hi, I cannot build GHC 7.10.1 on CentOS 6.5 whose memory is just 1G. This is because compiler/main/DynFlags.hs is huge. It would be nice if this file could be split. --Kazu

Hi, Am Montag, den 30.03.2015, 22:21 +0900 schrieb Kazu Yamamoto:
I cannot build GHC 7.10.1 on CentOS 6.5 whose memory is just 1G. This is because compiler/main/DynFlags.hs is huge. It would be nice if this file could be split.
this has been reported as https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7258 It would be great to be able to make the compiler cope with the file gracefully, instead of working around the issue. Greetings, Joachim -- Joachim “nomeata” Breitner mail@joachim-breitner.de • http://www.joachim-breitner.de/ Jabber: nomeata@joachim-breitner.de • GPG-Key: 0xF0FBF51F Debian Developer: nomeata@debian.org

And #7528 identifies that something non-linear is going on; and gives a test program "W2" to provoke it. Might anyone be willing to investigate further? Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Joachim | Breitner | Sent: 30 March 2015 14:31 | To: ghc-devs@haskell.org | Subject: Re: DynFlags.hs | | Hi, | | Am Montag, den 30.03.2015, 22:21 +0900 schrieb Kazu Yamamoto: | > I cannot build GHC 7.10.1 on CentOS 6.5 whose memory is just 1G. This | > is because compiler/main/DynFlags.hs is huge. It would be nice if this | > file could be split. | | this has been reported as | https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7258 | | It would be great to be able to make the compiler cope with the file | gracefully, instead of working around the issue. | | Greetings, | Joachim | | -- | Joachim “nomeata” Breitner | mail@joachim-breitner.de • http://www.joachim-breitner.de/ | Jabber: nomeata@joachim-breitner.de • GPG-Key: 0xF0FBF51F | Debian Developer: nomeata@debian.org
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Joachim Breitner
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Kazu Yamamoto
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Simon Peyton Jones