installing ghc without already having ghc

I am trying to install ghc-6.4 on netbsd20. I read through the install instructions, however they say you need a working copy of ghc already. "10.2. Porting GHC to a new architecture" looks to be the section I want to be in for installing ghc, however the very next thing it says you need is: 10.2.1 Cross-compiling to produce an unregisterised GHC "Firstly, you need a machine that already has a working GHC" Unfortunatly I don't have this. Is there a section I missed on building ghc that doesn't need a machine with a working copy? -Jessica ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ jib@panix.com

On 2005 Apr 07, Jessica Brennan [staff]
I am trying to install ghc-6.4 on netbsd20. I read through the install instructions, however they say you need a working copy of ghc already.
I'd probably look here first: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/lang/ghc/README.html I expect that package should work for you; even if it doesn't, you should be able to use the work done there as a good starting point. Tim -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Tim Smith wrote:
On 2005 Apr 07, Jessica Brennan [staff]
wrote: I am trying to install ghc-6.4 on netbsd20. I read through the install instructions, however they say you need a working copy of ghc already.
I'd probably look here first:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/lang/ghc/README.html
I expect that package should work for you; even if it doesn't, you should be able to use the work done there as a good starting point.
Thanks with that binary I was able to build the program that I needed, though I still wasn't able to build ghc from the source. -Jessica ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ jib@panix.com Panix Staff
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