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Dealing with fragile C libraries (e.g. MySQL) from Haskell
I spent some time today trying to talk to a MySQL database server from a piece of middleware I'm writing in Haskell. You might think that talking to a database server would be easy, but it turned out to be…
Haskell Platform support for Fedora: we’re almost there
I spent a little time earlier today clarifying the Fedora project‘s support for the Haskell Platform. You can read the details here; the summary is that we’re currently four packages short of complete support for the current release of the…
What to expect from the new binutils linker
I’ve been following Ian Lance Taylor’s updates on the status of gold, the new binutils linker, for a while, so when he announced that he’d added it to the binutils tree, I decided to make a little time to try…
Posted in linux, open source
GHC 6.8.1 pushed to Fedora 8 testing
Upgrading my laptop from F-7 to F-8 yesterday was painless, so I’ve been able to verify that the latest version of GHC works smoothly. I’ve pushed the built packages to the F-8 testing repository, and will bump them to release…
Fedora 7 on a Thinkpad X60: not so hot
I’ve been running test releases of Fedora 7, and lately the final release, for a number of months on my fairly new Lenovo Thinkpad X60. Here’s a brief summary of my experiences. I’ve been using Fedora since 0.92 (Taroon), and…
GHC 6.6.1 for Fedora
With Jens Petersen’s blessing, I’ve packaged GHC 6.6.1 for Fedora Extras. If you use FC6, it’s available via yum as of a few days ago. It will be a part of Fedora 7 as soon as that comes out, too.…
How to dual-boot Windows and Fedora, by hand, for the insane
I recently bought a Thinkpad X60 that came with Windows preinstalled. I never actually use Windows, but it’s convenient to have around for the occasional BIOS update. My Linux distribution of choice has long been Fedora. Unfortunately, unlike other modern…
Posted in linux
Getting started with installing third-party Haskell packages
Since I’ve been away from the Haskell world for a long time, it’s been interesting to return and observe some surprises about the practical side of working with the language. For me, an early gotcha has been the relative paucity…
Dealing with yum hangs on FC6
One of the exciting things about upgrading to Fedora Core 6 is that the yum package manager now frequently hangs on me. This does not fill me with joy. The most common way in which it falls over is by…
Posted in linux
How to build safe, clean Python 2.5 RPMs for Fedora Core 6
Since FC6 ships with Python 2.4, you’re a bit stuck if you want to play with the new features of Python 2.5. Here’s a quick and easy way to build and install a cleanly-packaged version of Python 2.5 for FC6.…
