Subject: Re: bug#51213: ghci missing reference to gcc

From: Simon Tournier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 18:19:09 +0200

Hi,

On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 at 16:00, Jack Hill <[email-masked]> wrote:

> $ guix environment --ad-hoc ghc -- ghci
> GHCi, version 8.10.7: https://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
> ghc: could not execute: gcc

This is currently expected.

> but if gcc-toolchain is included, it can:

One option is to have a package “ghc-toolchain“ which provide ghc and
all the other required packages.  I have some patches for that
somewhere. :-)

For now, I propose to close and just add gcc-toolchain.

WDYT?

Cheers,
simon