Re: [GHC] #13091: Build broken on amd64 solaris 11

#13091: Build broken on amd64 solaris 11 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: kgardas | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.6.1 Component: Build System | Version: 8.0.2 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Solaris | Architecture: x86_64 Type of failure: Building GHC | (amd64) failed | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: #15075 | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by ru0mad): Hello, I managed somehow to build ghc-8.4.2 on solaris 11.4 (x86_64), along with cabal-install and finally stack. I had to apply some patches : - to workaround the file locking problem (flock() missing on solaris) : * in ghc to catch the FileLockingNotSupported exception raised on solaris by GHC.IO.Handle.Lock * similar in cabal-install (which clones more or less the GHC code) * patch in filelock (used by stack) to refer to the file locking from GHC base - to have a working building process (the -optl-optl problem + ) - to include in stack where needed (in unix/Terminal.hsc) As file locking is made a no-op, concurrent acces to package db should be broken, but so far I didn't have any problem on my standalone solaris box. Some tests are failing, but most of it seems quite innocuous (mostly differences in output) but some are more preoccupying, yet it sort of works (test summary attached). The patches and building scripts are attached (for ghc, cabal-install, stack). As I'm not very experimented in this, I would be very interested to know if the tweaks I applied still make a workable version or if it is totally borked. Bruno -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13091#comment:6 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler