From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Jun 27 18:10:05 2020 Received: (at 42014) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Jun 2020 22:10:05 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44759 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jpJ1R-0000dD-Do for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 27 Jun 2020 18:10:05 -0400 Received: from mail-40131.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.131]:61929) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jpJ1P-0000cb-Ha for 42014@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 27 Jun 2020 18:10:05 -0400 Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 22:09:48 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ajgrf.com; s=protonmail; t=1593295797; bh=D0HpaTw74MeHUdILiXfy1NFHkMNjU69/5LbPgZG3970=; h=Date:To:From:Reply-To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=mIlXyfB2TtwVRXEl0h19v3vBQdnRJ+B1dijci67IXv/HPZW3Ehm1K3a9drC2Jn3IM f0fIQGRu/uOLB0jdrYc5jevXwMJ4dqE/IDeKfLnWPLzrDhtC537RNAW3s1mgMWjGIR N3D8/fJz0GxRA8BH3fEFzrpScwj0ra4nA/mxdkzhapP8qeg19ZDcCTEM8+smgj8oON Oli0xxSld1Qe137CrV/MiwYnoD7ZiiQX6Nf2IJknmWvoOwCZeTf3rEsOGva8MiPyw0 ZCYg12YKoxJ2kAC5B6I+X8oTF5KBgwrJNrSwLEBKD4o5Sy9rmeaBFtXPePEnRPqFzB vigJPRjQ/Uutw== To: "42014@debbugs.gnu.org" <42014@debbugs.gnu.org> From: Alex Griffin Subject: Re: [bug#42014] [PATCH] WIP: gnu: Re-bootstrap Haskell with GHC 8.2.2 binaries. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87h7uwp5mm.fsf@elephly.net> References: <87h7uwp5mm.fsf@elephly.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=7.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF shortcircuit=no autolearn=disabled version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on mail.protonmail.ch X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 42014 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Alex Griffin Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) Hi Ricardo, I actually had the same thought, and asked about it on IRC with no response= . So I just did the simplest thing I could to get started. Once we have a w= orking compiler on ARM, it should be pretty easy to restore the old x86 boo= tstrap path. In particular, the complexities of having the GHC 8.4 package bootstrapped = from upstream binaries on some architectures vs a previous package on other= s, just seemed like an unnecessary distraction until we can work through th= e build problems on ARM. -- Alex Griffin =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 Original Me= ssage =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 On Saturday, June 27, 2020 9:21 PM, Ricardo Wurmus wro= te: > > > Alex Griffin via Guix-patches viaguix-patches@gnu.org writes: > > > This patch replaces the GHC 7.8.4 bootstrap binaries with binaries of > > GHC 8.2.2, with an eye towards supporting ARM systems. I have not yet > > succeeded in bootstrapping GHC on ARM, but 8.2.2 is the first release > > with official binary distributions for both armv7 and aarch64. > > Can we do this only for armhf and aarch64? I wouldn=E2=80=99t like to rep= lace > the bootstrap binary for the other architectures with a newer version > without a good reason. (We should aim to remove the binary completely, > not replace it with newer and newer versions.) > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------- > > Ricardo