Would it be worth transferring that comment into the building guide (a cross-compiling page perhaps). The distinction is subtle and the information is useful There is http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/CrossCompilation but I'm not sure it has this info Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: ghc-commits-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:ghc-commits- | bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Simon Marlow | Sent: 17 January 2013 12:57 | To: ghc-commits@haskell.org | Subject: [commit: ghc] master: Tidy up cross-compiling (109a1e5) | | Repository : ssh://darcs.haskell.org//srv/darcs/ghc | | On branch : master | | http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/109a1e53287f50103e8a5b5922 | 75940b6e3dbb53 | | >--------------------------------------------------------------- | | commit 109a1e53287f50103e8a5b592275940b6e3dbb53 | Author: Simon Marlow | Date: Thu Jan 17 11:52:15 2013 +0000 | | Tidy up cross-compiling | | We have two cases: | 1. building a cross-compiler | 2. compiling GHC to run on a foreign platform | | These two are done with almost the same setup: (1) is the stage 1 | compiler, and (2) is the stage 2 compiler, when CrossCompiling=YES. | | The only difference between (1) and (2) is that you if you set up | the | build for (1), then it stops before stage 2 and you can 'make | install' | to install stage 1. | | Unfortunately, (2) didn't work, and the build system code needed | some | tidying up. | | Change to the way the build is set up: | | Before | ------ | | To build a cross-compiler: | ./configure --target=<..> | | To compile a foreign GHC: | ./configure --host=<..> --target=<..> | | Now | --- | | To build a cross-compiler: | ./configure --target=<..> | And set "Stage1Only=YES" in mk/build.mk | | To compile a foreign GHC: | ./configure --target=<..> | | aclocal.m4 | 28 ++++++++---- | compiler/ghc.mk | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------- | ------ | configure.ac | 35 ++++----------- | ghc.mk | 10 ++-- | ghc/ghc.mk | 2 +- | libraries/primitive | 1 - | libraries/vector | 1 - | mk/config.mk.in | 27 +++++++----- | rules/build-package-data.mk | 7 +++- | settings.in | 1 + | utils/ghc-pkg/ghc.mk | 4 +- | 11 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-) | | | Diff suppressed because of size. To see it, use: | | git show 109a1e53287f50103e8a5b592275940b6e3dbb53 | | _______________________________________________ | ghc-commits mailing list | ghc-commits@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-commits