GNU bug report logs - #45778
Bug? Haskell GHC wont' work since ghc@8.6?

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Package: guix;

Reported by: John Soo <jsoo1 <at> asu.edu>

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 06:19:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: John Soo <jsoo1 <at> asu.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: John Soo <jsoo1 <at> asu.edu>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: yasu <yasu <at> yasuaki.com>, Help Guix <help-guix <at> gnu.org>,
 Bug Guix <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Bug? Haskell GHC wont' work since ghc <at> 8.6?
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 07:14:02 -0800

Hi zimoun,

zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Choosing the C toolchain and propagating one are not really related.

Good point.

> I mean, one C toolchain could be propagated by default, so then GHC works
> out-of-the-box.  And the build transformation ’--with-c-toolchain’
> should provide the flexibility to use any other C toolchain variant you
> want.  Is it not working as expected?

As is, ghc does not work after guix install ghc. gcc-toolchain must be
installed alongside it to work.  Maybe the reason for this was to not
propagate particular versions of the gcc-toolchain and possibly conflict
with others.

Thanks!

John
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