Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 11:35:48 +0200 (CEST) From: Nick Hibma <hibma@skylink.it> To: Simon Marlow <simonmar@microsoft.com> Cc: "'hackers@freebsd.org'" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to go about making a compiler port Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909121134460.18636-100000@heidi.plazza.it> In-Reply-To: <8B57882C41A0D1118F7100805F9F68B51232C0E2@RED-MSG-45>
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What about providing a package (binary only distribution) and a port? And the port could include the possibility to bootstrap the installation. See the handbook on how to build a package. Nick On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Simon Marlow wrote: > [originally sent to ports, resending to hackers at the suggestion of someone > on that list.] > > Hi Folks, > > I'd like to make a port for our Haskell compiler, GHC (see > http://research.microsoft.com/users/t-simonm/ghc). There are some subtle > problems with this: > > - GHC depends on itself. That is, you need GHC > installed in order to build GHC. > > - GHC depends on Happy, our parser generator. > > - Happy depends on GHC (it's written in Haskell). > > So, one solution would be to provide a binary port, say ghc-bin, which would > install a binary distribution. I checked the modula-3 port, and it doesn't > seem to have a binary port, so what's the accepted way of doing this? > > It's possible to bootstrap GHC from intermediate C files, but it's a bit > fiddly and I'd prefer not to do this if possible. However, one thing that > occurs to me is that the port could bootstrap itself from C if you say 'make > BOOTSTRAP=YES', and otherwise attempt to build using an installed GHC. > > Any thoughts greatly appreciated. > > I'm not on this list, BTW. > > Cheers, > Simon > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > -- e-Mail: hibma@skylink.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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