#9184: Allow the use of Python 3 when building GHC -------------------------------------------+------------------------------- Reporter: aspidites | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Build System | Version: 7.8.2 Keywords: python | Operating System: Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Unknown/Multiple Difficulty: Easy (less than 1 hour) | Type of failure: Blocked By: | None/Unknown Related Tickets: | Test Case: | Blocking: -------------------------------------------+------------------------------- According to the [https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Preparation/Windows wiki], it is preferred that a user have Python 2.7 installed before attempting to build GHC. As I'm on Arch Linux the default Python version is 3.4. As such, rather than simply changing the shebang line to explicitly ask for version 2, I made it so that the scripts all use syntax that works properly for versions 2.7 to 3.4. I don't think I've used anything that disallows 2.6, but don't have that version available to check against. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9184 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler