-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 3/3/11 03:45 , Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2011-03-01 16:50:53 +0000, Eric Hall wrote: >> I'm quite clear on the need for multiple versions of perl. >> For one, I use several perl versions for what I do. IIRC the ghc port >> requires perl5.8 for its configuration, newer versions of perl >> don't work (this may have changed, though I see ghc still depends >> on perl5.8). There may be additional reasons to maintain several >> perl versions. > > Debian has perl 5.10 (5.12 is in experimental for the moment) and ghc. > So, ghc should work with perl 5.10 (and in such a case, I don't see > why it wouldn't work with perl 5.12).
The version issue was that the old code generator made use of a rather nasty Perl script (commonly known as the Evil Mangler) to peephole optimize gas output for the STG, and that script breaks on Perl > 5.8.x. In recent GHC versions, this code generator (-fvia-C) is strongly deprecated but still present; it is likely to be removed in GHC 7.2. In short, it would be best to leave it dependent on perl5.8 for people who need to use -fvia-C. - -- brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] allber...@gmail.com system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] kf8nh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1v0KoACgkQIn7hlCsL25WSggCgjN8bwujPurHnYJvcR7EKZZdY 5soAn262s77XZQSUO9DbJdT5J59GrMvh =tr/9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
