On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 02:36:43PM -0700, Donn Cave wrote:
I wonder if it is still possible to use the .hc files already generated for the OpenBSD/amd64 port, and use those to do the port to NetBSD/amd64.
That sounds fine to me, if I understand you right - I managed to install an OpenBSD partition this afternoon, but if I can skip that step, that's fine with me. I don't see any .hc files at that link, though.
Here you go: http://openbsd.dead-parrot.de/distfiles/ghc-6.6.1-amd64-unknown-openbsd-hc.t... I've to admit that the ghc port for OpenBSD is a little bit weird ;-) (but not as weird as my current work on ghc-6.8 for OpenBSD)
Actually, with headers starting to diverge, it might make more sense to just generate the amd64/netbsd .hc files from i386/netbsd -- where there's already a working ghc.
I have ghc 6.4.1 on NetBSD 3.0 i386. That's the idea, right?
If possible, start with ghc 6.6.1, even if that means to install a newer version of NetBSD.
as apparently 6.8 is known to not build from .hc files. I don't understand `with headers starting to diverge'.
Nor do I, but I guess Don meant significant differences in system libraries (between NetBSD and OpenBSD). Ciao, Kili -- Weg mit dieser verfluchten Demokratie wo alles das Wort führen will. -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg