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Pugs

drhyde on 2005-03-15T10:14:17

I want to get with all the cool kids and play with pugs. To do that, I need to first get an up-to-date version of ghc working. I can't find any binary packages for Debian stable (x86) or for OS X 10.2. And it is being annoying when I try to build from source. Anyone got binary packages?

GHC downloads page

bdonlan on 2005-03-15T16:31:58

GHC for generic linux and mac os X binaries are available from the GHC download page.

Re:GHC downloads page

drhyde on 2005-03-17T11:44:24

On Debian, I want it to be under the package manglement system so the generic tarball would be very much a last resort. The Mac OS X binary package there is for 10.3 and claims to not work on 10.2.

Re:GHC downloads page

bdonlan on 2005-03-17T15:22:07

There is a package for ghc 6.4 in the `experimental' distro: http://packages.debian.org/experimental/devel/ghc6 . For mac os x, try the bootstrapping instructions here to make a new build.

Re:GHC downloads page

drhyde on 2005-03-17T16:31:54

The experimental packages require stuff from unstable. I specified stable.

I'll take a look at the bootstrapping instructions.

fink

schwern on 2005-03-30T23:19:43

fink has a binary package of ghc 6.2.

If you're not using fink on OS X you should start.

10.2? Oh dear...

schwern on 2005-03-30T23:25:43

You really ought to fix that. 10.3 fixed soooooooooo many things and people are dropping 10.2 support left and right. You might be waiting for 10.4... but I wouldn't even.

Just pirate somebody's 10.3 disks. I feel no moral qualms saying this as after having spent a couple thousand dollars on hardware which is really only useful with one operating system one should not have to pay for upgrades to that OS every year or two. Particularly given how fast support for older versions is dropped.

Re:10.2? Oh dear...

drhyde on 2005-03-31T21:24:10

I upgrade my OS when I need to, and *only* when I need to. This is the very first time I've come across anything that requires 10.3 so I take "people are dropping 10.2 support left and right" with a very large pinch of salt.