Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:54:38 +0200 From: Thomas Schilling <nominolo@googlemail.com> To: haskell@FreeBSD.org Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD Port: ghc-6.6.1 Message-ID: <9E795D9F-01A0-4339-AD47-D4325392AF85@googlemail.com>
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Hi, in its current form the ghc port depends on many X-related packages which makes it depend on xorg-7.2. As I want to install it on my server I was hoping I could avoid that (also it requires quite some manuel steps, thus makes it not straight-forward). AFAIK, from 6.6.1 on GHC does not need to be built with all packages anymore, but rather contains of a few base packages and so-called "extra-libs". I therefore suggest that the ghc port be split up into a ghc or ghc- base port, and a ghc-extra-libs port. This way, it is should be possible to build ghc with much fewer dependencies (and more quickly). Thanks, / Thomas
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