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RE: GHC 6.0 Release: sparc-solaris2 binaries
by Matt Fairtlough 03 Jun '03

03 Jun '03

I am having trouble installing the package in a non-standard place. After downloading and unpacking I did: > ./configure --prefix=/home/matt creating cache ./config.cache checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.9 ... <usual reports, not relevant to problem reported I think> ... updating cache ./config.cache creating ./config.status creating Makefile **************************************************** Configuration done, ready to either 'make install' or 'make in-place'. (see README and INSTALL files for more info.) **************************************************** So this looks ok; and is confirmed by: > make show-install-setup Install setup... bindir = /home/matt/bin libdir = /home/matt/lib/ghc-6.0 (libdir = /home/matt/lib/ghc-6.0) datadir = /home/matt/share/ghc-6.0 (datadir = /home/matt/share/ghc-6.0) > make install >&! install.log > more install.log Configuring ghc, version 6.0, on sparc-sun-solaris2 ... Creating a configured version of ghc-asm .. Done. Creating a configured version of ghc-split .. Done. Creating a configured version of ghc-6.0 .. Done. Creating a configured version of ghci-6.0 .. Done. Creating a configured version of ghc-pkg-6.0 .. Done. Creating a configured version of hsc2hs .. Done. ./mkdirhier /home/matt/bin (cd lib/sparc-sun-solaris2; find . -type d -exec sh -c '../.././mkdirhier $0 /ho me/matt/lib/ghc-6.0/$0' {} \; ) (cd share; find . -type d -exec sh -c '.././mkdirhier /home/matt/share/ghc-6.0/$ 0' {} \; ) for i in ghc-6.0 ghci-6.0 ghc-pkg-6.0 hsc2hs ""; do \ if test -n "$i" ; then /usr/local/bin/ginstall -c -m 755 bin/sparc-sun-sola ris2/$i /home/matt/bin; fi; \ done; for i in hp2ps ghcprof ""; do \ if test -n "$i" ; then /usr/local/bin/ginstall -c -m 755 bin/sparc-sun-sola ris2/$i /home/matt/bin; fi; \ done; Creating a symbolic link from ghc-6.0 to ghc Creating a symbolic link from ghci-6.0 to ghci Creating a symbolic link from ghc-pkg-6.0 to ghc-pkg (cd lib/sparc-sun-solaris2; find . -type f -exec sh -c 'cp $0 /home/matt/lib/ghc -6.0/$0' {} \; ) for i in `(cd share; find . -type f )`; do \ /usr/local/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 share/$i /home/matt/share/ghc-6.0/$i; \ done ./mkdirhier /home/matt/share/ghc-6.0/html if test -d share/html ; then cp -r share/html/* /home/matt/share/ghc-6.0/html ; fi for i in share/*.ps; do \ cp $i /home/matt/share/ghc-6.0 ; \ done cp: cannot stat `share/*.ps': No such file or directory make: *** [install-docs] Error 1 ok, a problem with the documentation but I think this is the last thing make install does so it shouldn't affect the binaries. > ls -l `which ghc` lrwxrwxrwx 1 matt vt 7 Jun 3 16:54 /home/matt/bin/ghc -> ghc-6.0* ok, looks reasonable, should work: > ghc --version /home/matt/bin/ghc: /usr/local/lib/ghc-6.0/ghc-6.0: not found oops, who said anything about /usr/local? > more /home/matt/bin/ghc #! /bin/sh bindir='/home/matt/bin' libdir='/home/matt/lib/ghc-6.0' libexecdir='/home/matt/lib/ghc-6.0' datadir='/home/matt/share/ghc-6.0' SED='/usr/local/bin/sed' DEFAULT_TMPDIR='/tmp' #!/bin/sh GHCBIN="/usr/local/lib/ghc-6.0/ghc-6.0"; TOPDIROPT="-B/usr/local/lib/ghc-6.0"; # Mini-driver for GHC exec $GHCBIN $TOPDIROPT ${1+"$@"} That doesn't look right at all. Matt. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Fairtlough 0114-22-21826 http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~matt/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: GHC 6.0 Release: sparc-solaris2 binaries
by Simon Marlow 03 Jun '03

03 Jun '03

> Sorry about the confusion here...the one you uploaded I don't > think was > entirely fixed (this is my first time building a binary > distribution -- I > promise next time it will be much smoother). Please re-sync with: > > http://www.isi.edu/~hdaume/ghc-6.0-sparc-solaris2.tar.bz2 > > This should not have the path problems the previous one(s) did. Done. Simon

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long constant list of pairs (was Re: Ways and Build Tags for Optimisation)
by Christian Maeder 03 Jun '03

03 Jun '03

> 4. Re: Ways and Build Tags for Optimisation (Ashley Yakeley) > From: Ashley Yakeley <ashley(a)semantic.org> > Subject: Re: Ways and Build Tags for Optimisation > Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 20:40:59 -0700 Sorry for replying from a digest. (Replying from the archive is not better, is it?) > Inside the module is an "Array Char String" created from a > "[(Char,String)]" that is a long list of Unicode character names. We had very long compilation times when optimization or profiling was switched on, for a [(String, Int)] list with about 5000 entries. We worked around the problem by changing the list into a String (escaping doublequotes) and using "read" to convert it to a list. (Eventually we converted it to a Map.) >>getCharacterName '\x189F' > > "MONGOLIAN LETTER MANCHU ALI GALI DDHA" We had latin1 characters in our strings. Cheers Christian > For some reason, even though only getCharacterName is exported, when > optimisation is switched on, the interface file balloons a thousandfold: > > $ ls -l UnicodeNames.*hi > -rw-r--r-- 1 ashley ashley 5854480 May 28 02:49 UnicodeNames.hi > -rw-r--r-- 1 ashley ashley 5854497 May 28 06:56 UnicodeNames.p_hi > -rw-r--r-- 1 ashley ashley 2385 May 28 15:59 UnicodeNames.q_hi > > What's the best way to stop this? Is it reasonable to simply switch off > profiling just for these few files? > > Also, I'd like to make all that data disappear when a binary program > that doesn't use it is stripped; currently it doesn't. Any ideas? >

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RE: GHC 6.0 Release: sparc-solaris2 binaries
by Simon Marlow 03 Jun '03

03 Jun '03

> Sorry about that. It's fixed at: > http://www.isi.edu/~hdaume/ghc-6.0-sparc-solaris2.tar.bz2 > > Simon: could you update the haskell.org link? Uploaded, thanks. Simon

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Please help me
by David Savimbi 03 Jun '03

03 Jun '03

From: David Jonas Savimbi Johannesburg, South Africa Email: djsavimbi(a)phantomemail.com June 3rd, 2003. Dear Sir, It is my humble pleasure to write you this letter irrespective of the fact that you do not know me. However, I got your name through your country business directory here in my search for a reliable and trustworthy person that can assist me confidently. My name is Mr.John Jonas Savimbi. I am the son of Late Dr. Jonas Savimbi from Angola. I am 29 years old and I have got two younger sisters of same blood. Our mother died almost a year ago. We are all fighting for political asylum in South Africa. We cannot find a home in Angola anymore because of the war that our late father fought with the government of Angola until he died in that war. The government of Angola is now mad at us because our late father also wanted to be president and caused the people to fight the war for him because he was the president of UNITA political movement of Angola. So now we are in South Africa and we are suffering too much because we don't have money and the government of South Africa will not give jobs to asylum seekers. I am much concerned about my younger sisters who are finding it very difficult to manage in the situation. But I know that we should not suffer this way. I know that I must not let my younger sisters get into trouble because of money. So after consideration I am hereby begging for your assistance to help me to recover the sum of USD $29 Million which is my inheritance from my late mother. My late mother had taken this money with her to Spain in a diplomatic metal box marked (Precious Stones). Subsequently she lodged the metal box (As precious Stones) with a Securities and Valuables Protection company in Spain. I am supposed to be the beneficiary in the event of her death. However, all effort I made to go Spain to claim was refused by the Spainish embassy. And this was while it was still possible for me to travel. Now I cannot travel anywhere anymore. So in the situation that we are facing now, I must find somebody who can go to the Spain on my behalf. I understand that I will have to transfer my beneficiary rights unto you. I am willing to do so in the hope that you are a God fearing person who will not abandon us after you have the money. So from the bottom of my heart I am giving you 20% of the all the money. Once we have enough to sustain us sufficiently, you may be come our fund manager and invest the rest wisely for us. If you will be kind to assist us, please inform me urgently. Kind regards to you and your family. Sincerely, David Jonas savimbi

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RE: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.0 (Broken Doc link)
by Simon Marlow 03 Jun '03

03 Jun '03

> In the release notes, the link to Data.Generics is broken, both under > the "latest" branch and under the "6.0" branch. This is now fixed. Cheers, Simon

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Please help me
by David Savimbi 03 Jun '03

03 Jun '03

From: David Jonas Savimbi Johannesburg, South Africa Email: djsavimbi(a)phantomemail.com June 3rd, 2003. Dear Sir, It is my humble pleasure to write you this letter irrespective of the fact that you do not know me. However, I got your name through your country business directory here in my search for a reliable and trustworthy person that can assist me confidently. My name is Mr.John Jonas Savimbi. I am the son of Late Dr. Jonas Savimbi from Angola. I am 29 years old and I have got two younger sisters of same blood. Our mother died almost a year ago. We are all fighting for political asylum in South Africa. We cannot find a home in Angola anymore because of the war that our late father fought with the government of Angola until he died in that war. The government of Angola is now mad at us because our late father also wanted to be president and caused the people to fight the war for him because he was the president of UNITA political movement of Angola. So now we are in South Africa and we are suffering too much because we don't have money and the government of South Africa will not give jobs to asylum seekers. I am much concerned about my younger sisters who are finding it very difficult to manage in the situation. But I know that we should not suffer this way. I know that I must not let my younger sisters get into trouble because of money. So after consideration I am hereby begging for your assistance to help me to recover the sum of USD $29 Million which is my inheritance from my late mother. My late mother had taken this money with her to Spain in a diplomatic metal box marked (Precious Stones). Subsequently she lodged the metal box (As precious Stones) with a Securities and Valuables Protection company in Spain. I am supposed to be the beneficiary in the event of her death. However, all effort I made to go Spain to claim was refused by the Spainish embassy. And this was while it was still possible for me to travel. Now I cannot travel anywhere anymore. So in the situation that we are facing now, I must find somebody who can go to the Spain on my behalf. I understand that I will have to transfer my beneficiary rights unto you. I am willing to do so in the hope that you are a God fearing person who will not abandon us after you have the money. So from the bottom of my heart I am giving you 20% of the all the money. Once we have enough to sustain us sufficiently, you may be come our fund manager and invest the rest wisely for us. If you will be kind to assist us, please inform me urgently. Kind regards to you and your family. Sincerely, David Jonas savimbi

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broken link
by Christian Maeder 03 Jun '03

03 Jun '03

in user's guide: 1.4.4. Experimental features * The Data class provides for generic data traversals and folds; see Data.Generics. Not Found The requested URL /ghc/docs/latest/html/base/Data.Generics.html was not found on this server.

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RTS options in binaries
by Tomasz Zielonka 02 Jun '03

02 Jun '03

Hi! Is there an easy way to hardcode RTS options in binaries produced by GHC? I know I can make a shell script but an option in GHC could be nicer. Best regards, Tom -- .signature: Too many levels of symbolic links

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Re: Updated ghc-6.0 windows installer available
by Sigbjorn Finne 02 Jun '03

02 Jun '03

This time with an attachment.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sigbjorn Finne" <sof(a)galois.com> To: "GHC users" <glasgow-haskell-users(a)haskell.org> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:10 Subject: Updated ghc-6.0 windows installer available > To fix a pair of showstopper bugs, an updated version of the > win32 MSI installer has been uploaded. It includes the following > fixes: > > - as was, -fvia-C fell over due to header files not being in the > expected place within the install tree. > - The ghci wrapper now quotes the command-line arguments that > it passes on. This, hopefully, fixes the handling of filenames > containing > spaces. > > For people that have already downloaded the distribution & > don't want to redo it, here's how to patch an installation tree: > > - create /path/to/ghc-6.0/gcc-lib/include > - move /path/to/ghc-6.0/gcc-lib/*.h to \ > /path/to/ghc-6.0/gcc-lib/include/ > - compile up the attached ghci wrapper, thusly: > > foo$ /path/to/ghc-6.0/bin/ghc -o ghci ghci.c > foo$ cp ghci.exe /path/to/ghc-6.0/bin/ > > (Note: this'll give you an icon-less version of the GHCi wrapper.) > > --sigbjorn >

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