Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:49:44 +0200 From: Oliver Braun <obraun@FreeBSD.org> To: Thomas Schilling <nominolo@googlemail.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, haskell@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: ghc-6.6.1 Message-ID: <20070727214944.GB57915@unsane.de> In-Reply-To: <9E795D9F-01A0-4339-AD47-D4325392AF85@googlemail.com> References: <9E795D9F-01A0-4339-AD47-D4325392AF85@googlemail.com>
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Hi Thomas,
* Thomas Schilling <nominolo@googlemail.com> [2007-07-17 22:54 +0200]:
> in its current form the ghc port depends on many X-related packages which=
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> makes it depend on xorg-7.2. As I want to install it on my server I was=
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> hoping I could avoid that (also it requires quite some manuel steps, thus=
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> makes it not straight-forward). AFAIK, from 6.6.1 on GHC does not need t=
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> be built with all packages anymore, but rather contains of a few base=20
> packages and so-called "extra-libs".
> I therefore suggest that the ghc port be split up into a ghc or ghc-base=
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> port, and a ghc-extra-libs port. This way, it is should be possible to=
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> build ghc with much fewer dependencies (and more quickly).
It's already on our todo list. But we haven't had enough time yet.
Sorry. But please feel free to start spliting ghc up in pieces.
Regards,
Olli
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Dr. Oliver Braun -- http://obraun.net/
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