#10705: make configure warn when ghc-tarballs is missing on windows and provide guidance to download it. -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Phyx- | Owner: Type: task | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.12.1 Component: Build System | Version: 7.11 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Operating System: Windows | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: #9218 | Differential Revisions: Phab:D1108 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Phyx-): I was wondering if the default flag for ./validate should be changed as well. Currently you can't do: {{{ git clone --recursive git://git.haskell.org/ghc.git && cd ghc ./validate }}} The workflow is a bit weird in which you need: {{{ git clone --recursive git://git.haskell.org/ghc.git && cd ghc ./boot ./configure --enable-tarballs-autodownload ./validate }}} Since `--enable-tarballs-autodownload` is ignored on anything not Windows and on Windows would only download the tarballs if missing, maybe it should be the default in `validate` ? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10705#comment:14 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler