I've updated the "Getting the GHC sources page" -- you might want to check I got it right. http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/GettingTheSources In general, though, yes it's a Wiki and you are not only welcome but positively encouraged to make it more helpful. So go right ahead. Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: glasgow-haskell-users-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:glasgow-haskell-users-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of | Richard Giraud | Sent: 08 November 2007 04:08 | To: glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org | Subject: Re: Getting source code | | I figured out a way to work around it. | | Instead of pulling all patches at once, I pulled 100 at a time. | | Instead of using "darcs pull -a" in step 3, I used "darcs pull". I held | down "y" until about 100 or so patches were accepted and then hit "d" to | stop applying patches. After doing this 6 times, all patches were | installed. | | It would be nice to have the issue corrected, if possible, or have it | documented on the developer page. It would also be nice to have the | case issue with Mac OS X document, as recent file systems have been | case-insensitive for a while. | | Should I add this info to the page? I'm not sure what the policy is | around wiki edits. | | Richard | | richardg@richardg.name wrote: | > Hello | > | > I'm trying to get the source code for development purposes (helping add | > some Haddock documentation for TH). I tried following the steps listed on | > http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/GettingTheSources and | > ran into trouble. | > | > I downloaded ghc-HEAD-2007-08-29-ghc-corelibs-testsuite.tar.bz2 and | > continued through the steps. On step 3, I received an error message from | > darcs: | > $ darcs pull -a | > Pulling from "http://darcs.haskell.org/ghc"... | > This is the GHC darcs repository (HEAD branch) | > | > For more information, visit the GHC developer wiki at | > http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc | > ********************** | > darcs: getCurrentDirectory: resource exhausted (Too many open files) | > | > | > | > I tried using darcs get but I think I ran into the same case issue as on | > Windows: | > $ darcs get http://darcs.haskell.org/ghc | > This is the GHC darcs repository (HEAD branch) | > | > For more information, visit the GHC developer wiki at | > http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc | > ********************** | > Copying patch 17349 of 17349... done. | > Applying patch 12 of 17349... Unapplicable patch: | > Thu Jan 11 07:26:13 MST 1996 partain | > * [project @ 1996-01-11 14:06:51 by partain] | > | > darcs failed: Error applying hunk to file ./ghc/includes/rtsTypes.lh | > | > | > I'm using GHC 6.6.1 (binary distribution) and darcs 1.0.9 (can't remember | > if it's binary distribution or if I compiled it myself) on Mac OS X | > 10.4.10 for Intel. | > | > Any help would be appreciated. | > | > Thanks, | > | > Richard | > _______________________________________________ | > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list | > Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org | > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users | > | _______________________________________________ | Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list | Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users