ghc6 6.10.3-1ubuntu1 source package in Ubuntu

Changelog

ghc6 (6.10.3-1ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * Merge with Debian unstable; remaining changes,
    + debian/rules: Make lpia similar to i386
  * debian/control: Remove haddock from b-d-i to allow to build. Will be back
    again in ubuntu2 as before.

ghc6 (6.10.3-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
    * GHCi uses stdio in blocking mode now. (Closes: #512762)
    * GHC can cope with missing setitimer(ITIMER_VIRTUAL) support.
      (Closes: #509252)
    * Uses haskeline instead of editline.
  * Only provide ghci and runghc on archs that support it.
    (Closes: #320335)
  * Patched compiler/utils/Binary.hs to store Ints as Int64s on 32 bit
    architectures and warn if it needed to truncate when unserialising.
  * Moved package.conf to /var/lib/ghc-$VERSION/.
  * Added a /var/lib/ghc-$VERSION/package.conf.d/ dir.
  * Set symlinks from /usr/lib/ghc-$VERSION/package.conf* to /var.
  * Don't ship generated index files in /usr/share/doc/ghc6-doc/libraries/
    and remove them in postrm. (Closes: #501188)
  * Remove any leftover index.html files in
    /usr/share/doc/ghc6-doc/html/libraries/. (Closes: #461323)
  * Bumped to debhelper compat 7 and Standards-Version 3.8.1 (no changes
    needed).
  * Section: haskell for ghc6 and ghc6-prof.
  * Fix up generated Provides for ghc6 and ghc6-doc.
    (Closes: #514085, #518400)
  * Added man pages for runghc and ghc-pkg. (Closes: #460425, #315763)
  * Removed alternative for /usr/bin/ghcprof. (Closes: #527382)
  * Build a registerised build on powerpc. (Closes: #514946)
  * Build-depend on a newer binutils on [arm armel].  Add -mlong-calls to
    gcc's flags.
  * gen_contents_index reintroduced, this time as a perl script.
  * Added /usr/share/ghc6-doc/ghc-$VERSION/desc/ for copies of package
    conf info in -doc packages.
  * Added a preinst for ghc6, to remove a package.conf file from a removed
    but not purged old version.

 -- Iain Lane <email address hidden>   Fri, 22 May 2009 10:23:01 +0100