Re: [Haskell-cafe] Crazy idea, building ghc with cabal?

On 30 November 2010 03:46, Joris Putcuyps wrote:

Hello

Could it be done and would it be interesting, building 'ghc' using cabal?

 * 'lhc' does it  * Use 'cabal-rpm' and 'cabal2arch' to create packages for linux   distributions  * As ordinary user, install specific versions in your home   directory.   cabal install ghc => $HOME/.cabal/bin/ghc  * Get base packages as a dependency.

... except we then have a chicken and egg problem: GHC is built with Cabal, which needs a Haskell compiler/implementation, etc. ;-) -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Ivan.Miljenovic@gmail.com IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com