Re: osx conundrum

FWIW, MacPorts does compile from source. If you want, just do sudo port -s install ghc and watch a multistage compiler build. That’s where the MacPorts binary installs come from, so it’s just easier to use those.

On Oct 13, 2021, at 07:57, David Duke wrote:

 Thanks Steven. Looks like it might be something with my system. I reinstalled from macports 8.10.7 @ Carter yes I've been carefully check the compiler version on each trial. However trying to compile a Haskell source gives the same libHSbase error

ndefined symbols for architecture x86_64: "_iconv", referenced from: _hs_iconv in libHSbase-4.14.3.0.a(iconv.o

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On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 2:54 AM Steven Smith wrote: I’m a maintainer of the MacPorts ghc port. The MacPorts installations do not have this issue, whether installed from the buildbot binaries or compiled from source, that all work on multiple macOS versions 10.9–11. Here’s the build recipe: https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/lang/ghc/Portfile

The iconv symbol issue is known, https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/18752, and packages like MacPorts must build around it.

This looks like something specific to your configuration.

If you believe that there is an issue outside your system, please initiate a trac ticket at https://trac.macports.org.

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On Oct 11, 2021, at 5:00 AM, David Duke wrote:

I have a conundrum on which advice would be appreciate. Does anyone know how to successfully install ghc on OSX I've tried various binary instalation routes: macports, brew, direct binary downloads from haskel.org

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