Re: sparc/solaris binary distro for 6.12.1

2010-02-08 Thread Ian Lynagh
On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 02:55:36PM +1100, Ben Lippmeier wrote: > > Ok, I've uploaded a fixed distribution to my homedir on darcs.haskell.org and > to > http://code.haskell.org/~benl/sparc/ghc-6.12.1-sparc-sun-solaris2-fixed.tar.bz2 > > Ian: can you please replace the one on the GHC download pag

Re: sparc/solaris binary distro for 6.12.1

2010-02-07 Thread Ben Lippmeier
Ok, I've uploaded a fixed distribution to my homedir on darcs.haskell.org and to http://code.haskell.org/~benl/sparc/ghc-6.12.1-sparc-sun-solaris2-fixed.tar.bz2 I've tested it to confirm that it uses whatever GCC is in the current path. Let me know if you have anymore problems with it. Ian: c

Re: sparc/solaris binary distro for 6.12.1

2010-02-04 Thread Ben Lippmeier
Sorry, this looks like a problem in the build system. An absolute path to GCC was baked into the compiler where it shouldn't have been. GHC also uses GCC as an assembler, which is why ghci works but a regular compile doesn't. I've added a ticket for it, and am doing a new build. I'll upload a

Re: sparc/solaris binary distro for 6.12.1

2010-02-04 Thread Ian Lynagh
Hi Ben, On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 10:49:50AM +1100, Ben Lippmeier wrote: > > Ian: you might want to add these versions to the GHC page, else link to the > developers wiki with a note saying that people should install this stuff > first to avoid pain. I think that this would be best put on a Wik

Re: sparc/solaris binary distro for 6.12.1

2010-02-03 Thread Ben Lippmeier
hmm. I suppose I am using the term "Solaris" fairly loosely! My build environment contains: GNU binutils 2.20 GNU coreutils 8.4 GNU make 3.81 GCC 4.1.2 GNU m4 1.4.13 Python 2.6.4 GNU sed 4.2 GNU tar 1.20 GNU grep 2.5 Alex 2.2 Happy 1.17 That's all the stuff I had to install to get it to compile,

Re: sparc/solaris binary distro for 6.12.1

2010-02-03 Thread Ian Lynagh
On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 06:02:38PM +1100, Ben Lippmeier wrote: > > I've uploaded a sparc/solaris binary distro for 6.12.1 to my home dir on > darcs.haskell.org. Thanks! > Can someone please add this to the GHC home page? Done. Thanks Ian ___ Cvs-

Re: Sparc/Solaris

2009-08-23 Thread Manuel M T Chakravarty
Duncan Coutts: On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 13:26 +0100, Simon Marlow wrote: It sounds like Ben doesn't have the bandwidth to commit to being an active maintainer just yet, but he might do in the future (6.12.2). So let's hold off making it Tier-1 until then. We don't have a specific policy as re

Re: Sparc/Solaris

2009-08-21 Thread Duncan Coutts
On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 13:26 +0100, Simon Marlow wrote: > It sounds like Ben doesn't have the bandwidth to commit to being an > active maintainer just yet, but he might do in the future (6.12.2). So > let's hold off making it Tier-1 until then. > > We don't have a specific policy as regards how

Re: Sparc/Solaris

2009-08-21 Thread Simon Marlow
On 21/08/2009 09:28, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: | Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: |> If you were willing, we could move Sparc/Solaris to be a Tier 1 platform. |> |> But only you can balance your various priorities. |> | | If making Sparc/Solaris Tier 1 means that there is an expectation that | the bui

Re: Sparc/Solaris

2009-08-21 Thread Ben Lippmeier
Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: | Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: | > If you were willing, we could move Sparc/Solaris to be a Tier 1 platform. | > | > But only you can balance your various priorities. | > | | If making Sparc/Solaris Tier 1 means that there is an expectation that | the build keeps working

RE: Sparc/Solaris

2009-08-21 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
| Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: | > If you were willing, we could move Sparc/Solaris to be a Tier 1 platform. | > | > But only you can balance your various priorities. | > | | If making Sparc/Solaris Tier 1 means that there is an expectation that | the build keeps working then I'm all for it. There w

Re: Sparc/Solaris

2009-08-20 Thread Ben Lippmeier
Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: If you were willing, we could move Sparc/Solaris to be a Tier 1 platform. But only you can balance your various priorities. If making Sparc/Solaris Tier 1 means that there is an expectation that the build keeps working then I'm all for it. I had assumed that we

Re: Sparc/Solaris

2009-08-20 Thread Ben Lippmeier
Manuel M T Chakravarty wrote: I am not convinced that it makes much sense to partition the machine, or to run Linux on it at all. This is for the following reasons: (1) The individual cores of the machines are pretty slow, especially if you only use one hardware thread. As a result, the mach

Re: Sparc/Solaris

2009-08-20 Thread Manuel M T Chakravarty
Duncan Coutts: Something else we can do is get on with opening up our sparky.haskell.org server to everyone, so there is greater opportunity and incentive to properly maintain the sparc port. Opening it up to the community was part of the original goal of the project. We've been slightly unsure

Re: Sparc/Solaris

2009-08-20 Thread Duncan Coutts
On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 16:13 +0100, Simon Marlow wrote: > > Something else we can do is get on with opening up our > > sparky.haskell.org server to everyone, so there is greater opportunity > > and incentive to properly maintain the sparc port. > > > > Opening it up to the community was part of the

Re: Sparc/Solaris

2009-08-20 Thread Simon Marlow
On 20/08/2009 14:19, Duncan Coutts wrote: On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 13:27 +0100, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: Manuel: | In any case, we at UNSW are very interested in working SPARC/Solaris | support and, while I can't offer any development cycles for that | platform at the moment, you should at least k

Re: Sparc/Solaris

2009-08-20 Thread Duncan Coutts
On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 13:27 +0100, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: > Manuel: > | In any case, we at UNSW are very interested in working SPARC/Solaris > | support and, while I can't offer any development cycles for that > | platform at the moment, you should at least know that we very much > | appreciate