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I've built up to GHC 6 (I've stopped after reaching 6) from GHC 4. GHC 4 does use some generated C files, so it's not a pure bootstrap, but it's still much bet
by rekado 2y ago
I've built up to GHC 6 (I've stopped after reaching 6) from GHC 4. GHC 4 does use some generated C files, so it's not a pure bootstrap, but it's still much better than taking a binary of GHC 6 or later.
(I'm the author of the 2017 blog post. I had planned a follow-up but since I didn't have much to show I scrapped it.)
- rssoconnor 2y agoIs this committed to Guix and/or otherwise available somewhere?
- rekado 2y agoIt's part of Guix. It starts here: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/haskell.scm?id=6ddb855f988c33c83d7781517bbf4763c5f77928#n188 https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages...