Hi > trying to build hlint does not work on some architectures (at least > alpha, s390, mips) where no threaded RTS is available. An example build > log is available at > http://buildd.debian.org/build.php?arch=alpha&pkg=hlint&ver=1.6.4-1 > > This is caused by > ghc-options: -fno-warn-overlapping-patterns -threaded > in your hlint.cabal file. > > Is there an absolute reason (besides performance) why hlint needs a > threaded RTS?
HLint supports +RTS -N3, i.e. running on 3 processors. See "Parallel Operation" in the user manual. It's not absolutely essential, but without -threaded you can't make use of multiple processors. > If not, would it be possible to make this option dependent > on the availability of a threaded RTS (either by direct support in cabal > for checking it, similar to os(..) checks, or by passing a "-fthreaded" > flag to setup configure)? Yes, of course. What suits you? Any os checks would go wrong, so an -fnothreaded flag seems sensible? I'd still like threading to be the default. Thanks, Neil -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
