[PR PATCH] ghc-bin: enable build on ppc64

[PR PATCH] ghc-bin: enable build on ppc64

[trommler]

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There is a new pull request by trommler against master on the void-packages repository

https://github.com/trommler/void-packages bootstrap-ghc-ppc64
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/35298

ghc-bin: enable build on ppc64
Provide a binary distribution for ppc64 to bootstrap Haskell (ghc) on ppc64.

#### Testing the changes
- I tested the changes in this PR: **YES**

 
#### Local build testing
- I built this PR locally for my native architecture, (ppc64-glibc)

Tagging @q66 for PowerPC. 


A patch file from https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/35298.patch is attached

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From 34bcb81aa2ea4128f5aa9f53b106977dadc9d6ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Trommler <ptrommler@acm.org>
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2022 15:56:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ghc-bin: enable build on ppc64

---
 srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template b/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
index df74043ea188..b068871dc49a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=ghc-bin
 version=8.10.4
 revision=1
-archs="i686 x86_64* ppc64le*"
+archs="i686 x86_64* ppc64 ppc64le*"
 wrksrc="ghc-${version%[!0-9]}"
 hostmakedepends="perl libffi libnuma"
 depends="ncurses perl gcc libffi-devel gmp-devel"
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ i686)
 	distfiles="https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/${version%[!0-9]}/ghc-${version}-i386-deb9-linux.tar.xz"
 	checksum=0022c5b9ac22825bb7b4745af3d92cef0ba1ecd01fab3ef387ddbd47146569ad
 	;;
+ppc64)
+	distfiles="https://faubox.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/dl/fiLuykeuntXeFzAG5k9RDZP7/ghc-${version}-powerpc64-unknown-linux.tar.xz"
+	checksum=89683855d49d6a879903499885ec56ce8cb9fcfd7abfcda9665469dcd0c165b5
+	;;
 ppc64le)
 	distfiles="https://alpha.de.repo.voidlinux.org/distfiles/ghc-${version}-powerpc64le-void-linux.tar.xz"
 	checksum=81065f401c5fc88d44be08db1cc0bdad473af4750bb0a19e54c9d15a5981406b

Re: ghc-bin: enable build on ppc64

[q66]

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New comment by q66 on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/35298#issuecomment-1024956727

Comment:
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/33850 needs to go in first, and also any necessary `ghc` patches need to go in first

Re: [PR PATCH] [Closed]: ghc-bin: enable build on ppc64

[q66]

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There's a closed pull request on the void-packages repository

ghc-bin: enable build on ppc64
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/35298

Description:
Provide a binary distribution for ppc64 to bootstrap Haskell (ghc) on ppc64.

#### Testing the changes
- I tested the changes in this PR: **YES**

 
#### Local build testing
- I built this PR locally for my native architecture, (ppc64-glibc)

Tagging @q66 for PowerPC.