#8139: ghc 7.6.3 fails to build on OS X 10.9 -------------------------------------+---------------------------------- Reporter: darinmorrison | Owner: Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Resolution: wontfix | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) Type of failure: None/Unknown | Difficulty: Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: -------------------------------------+---------------------------------- Changes (by carter): * status: new => closed * resolution: => wontfix Comment: Why can't you use the binary build of ghc 7.6.3, and patch the settings file to point to a clang wrapper, as per a variant of Luke Ianni's hack? https://gist.github.com/lukexi/e11668ced04524564a8b . Based on my understanding, that should work with the newest xcode dev preview. To the best of my knowledge, there are no plans to do any further development on the 7.6.X branch of ghc, unless there is a show stopping bug that affects folks using a prebuilt GHC. This issue only comes up with building ghc from source. If you use a prebuilt GCC, would these problems happen? (yes, 10.9 doesn't provide a GCC, but you can have that locally). NB: apple doesn't support GCC anymore, as of xcode 5. All GHC developers are focused on getting 7.8.1 ready for release shortly after ICFP this fall. Accordingly, unless some core GHC devs have the time to do a 7.6.4 release (which they dont, and this has enough work arounds that I think it probably cant be considered show stopping), i'm closing this as a wontfix. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8139#comment:2 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler