[GHC] #1367: GHC[i] 6.6.1 can't find GNUreadline on PPC mac

[Christian Maeder]

Hal Perkins schrieb:
> One suggestion (request?) for the future: would it be possible to fix
> the pre-built os-x packages so they are self-contained, as they were for
> GHC 6.6?

The problem with the ghc-6.6 binary dist was, that it required root
rights and also installed libreadline.so for you somewhere (silently).

A framework is much more mac-like (or standard) and either belongs under
/Library/Frameworks or $HOME/Library/Frameworks. The frameworks under
/Library/Frameworks are much more convenient (for your own developments)
but require root rights (furthermore an existing framework should not be
simply overwritten without interaction.)

> Or at least add a note to the instructions on the download
> page (http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_661.html)

In fact, I wanted Ian to do that.

> and/or maybe in
> the dmg file describing what needs to be done to install the necessary
> frameworks?

I don't know how to compose dmg files, but I hope to find time to look
into it. (I mainly see the mac as a remote unix machine and rarely do
any double clicking directly.)

> Thanks again, and at least from my end, this bug seems resolved.

Thanks for your feedback

Christian

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