Yes you need to be on branch "ghc-7.6", both for the GHC repos and for all the libraries. Something like ./sync-all checkout ghc-7.6 should do it Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: Christian Maeder [mailto:Christian.Maeder@dfki.de] | Sent: 16 April 2013 14:18 | To: Richard Eisenberg | Cc: Simon Peyton-Jones; Ian Lynagh; Haskell Libraries; ghc- | devs@haskell.org; haskell-platform@projects.haskell.org | Subject: Re: HP 2013.2 and GHC 7.6.2 | | Am 16.04.2013 14:29, schrieb Richard Eisenberg: | > | > On Apr 16, 2013, at 3:43 AM, Christian Maeder | <Christian.Maeder@dfki.de> wrote: | >> | >> What is the exact command to get the relevant ghc sources. | >> | > | > First, make sure that your installed GHC is *not* a snapshot | distribution, but one of the main releases (such as 7.6.1 or 7.6.2). You | may also want to check out | http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Preparation to make | sure you have all the needed software. Then, go somewhere convenient on | your computer, and run this (assuming Linux/Mac OS): | > | > git clone http://darcs.haskell.org/ghc.git; cd ghc; ./sync-all | > --testsuite get; perl boot; ./configure; make | | Thanks, for this. Do I need to give a branch name (which one?) to the | "git clone" command (option -b)? | | C. | | > | > At the end of that (will probably take about an hour), you will have | > ghc available in <your convenient location>/ghc/inplace/bin/ghc-stage2 | > | > I believe you can use a --with-ghc=... option to cabal to install | packages with an uninstalled ghc. Or, you could use a --prefix=... | option to ./configure, above, and then run `make install` after | building. | > | > I hope this helps! | > Richard | >