Hi All,
I have our own Linux distribution installed in my server.
it is based on RedHat 9.0. Because it is the server, I can
not update it to any other linux distribution
Here is my situation, I have no machine with any version of ghc
installed.
This is what I did
% wget http://haskell.org/ghc/dist/6.10.1/ghc-6.10.1-src.tar.bz2
% wget
http://haskell.org/ghc/dist/6.10.1/ghc-6.10.1-src-extralibs.tar.bz2
% tar -jxf ghc-6.10.1-src-extralibs.tar.bz2
%tar -jxvf ghc-6.10.1-src.tar.bz2
% cd ghc-6.10.1
% sh boot
grep: packages: No such file or directory
Booting .
Booting libraries/base
Booting libraries/directory
/usr/share/aclocal/libgcrypt.m4:23: warning: underquoted definition of
AM_PATH_LIBGCRYPT
run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
or see
http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/ao.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of
XIPH_PATH_AO
Booting libraries/editline
Booting libraries/network
Booting libraries/old-time
Booting libraries/process
Booting libraries/regex-posix
Booting libraries/time
Booting libraries/unix
% ./configure
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Canonicalised to: x86_64-unknown-linux
checking for ghc... no
checking for ghc-pkg matching ... no
checking for ghc-pkg... no
checking whether ghc has editline package... no
checking for nhc... no
checking for nhc98... no
checking for hbc... no
checking for ld... /usr/local/bin/ld
configure: error: GHC is required unless bootstrapping from .hc files.
I know http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Prerequisites
said that GHC 6.6 is required to build and install the GHC 6.10.1
So I try to follow the instructions
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Porting.
Because I don't have any ghc installed in any machine. I have to use the
"Porting GHC to a new platform "
%./configure --enable-hc-boot --enable-hc-boot-unregisterised
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Canonicalised to: x86_64-unknown-linux
checking for ghc... no
checking for ghc-pkg matching ... no
checking for ghc-pkg... no
checking whether ghc has editline package... no
checking for nhc... no
checking for nhc98... no
checking for hbc... no
checking for ld... /usr/local/bin/ld
checking for path to top of build tree... ./configure: line 2733: -v0:
command not found
./configure: line 2737: utils/pwd/pwd: No such file or directory
configure: error: cannot determine current directory
I think it is because the utils/pwd/pwd.hs is not compiled and linked
into the ``pwd''.
So I create a bash version of pwd
#!/bin/bash
pwd
And m make it executeble, chmod +x utils/pwd/pwd
Then I try to run the ./configure --enable-hc-boot
--enable-hc-boot-unregisterised again
%./configure --enable-hc-boot --enable-hc-boot-unregisterised again
%cd includes
%make
%cd ..
Finnally, I found I still need ghc is intalled on the host machine.
%perl --version
This is perl, v5.8.5 built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi
Copyright 1987-2004, Larry Wall
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to
the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home
Page.
%gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.1.2
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
%make --version
GNU Make 3.80
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
%autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
%automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.9.2
Written by Tom Tromey