Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.10.1 - MacOS installer

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Manuel M T Chakravarty wrote:

Jason Dagit:

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On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Ian Lynagh wrote:

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How to get it ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The easy way is to go to the web page, which should be self-explanatory:

http://www.haskell.org/ghc/

We supply binary builds in the native package format for many platforms, and the source distribution is available from the same place.

Packages will appear as they are built - if the package for your system isn't available yet, please try again later.

I'm on OSX and I currently have ghc-6.6.1 and ghc-6.8.3 (installed from a pkg). I would like to add ghc-6.10.1 to my system. I tried to do this with RC1 of 6.10, but I found that it uninstalled my ghc-6.8.3.

What will I need to do to get both 6.8.3 and 6.10.1?

Are you sure it does deinstall the 6.8 compiler? Or does it just overwrite the symbolic links in /usr/bin? To check, have a look at

/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions

After installing 6.10, there should be a 608/ and a 610/ directory. This certainly happens on my Mac and I am not aware of an option to change that behaviour.

I haven't tried the 6.10.1 install, but after using the 6.8.3 pkg followed by the 6.10 RC1 pkg, followed by the 6.8.3 pkg, I have just 608 in the directory you mention. I guess I should try the 6.10.1 install. If I have to reinstall 6.8.3 again, not the end of the world for me.

And while we are at it...a BIG FAT WARNING:

If you installed the 6.10.200081007 pre-release installer package, uninstall that *before* installing the 6.10.1 package.

Okay thanks. Although, I don't think that will be a problem for me given the directories I can see. Thanks, Jason