Re: [Caml-list] Anybody interested in creating binary RPMs for each official release of the compiler?

[Francois Berenger <berenger@riken.jp>]

On 03/27/2014 01:57 AM, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
> We just uploaded another solution to this problem :
> 
> opam init --comp 4.01.0+bin-ocp
> 
> It is a binary distribution of OCaml 4.01.0 ("ocp" stands for OCamlPro, as
> it includes a small patch for relocation of the executables), working only
> on Intel Linux for now (32 and 64 bits), so you will only pay the download
> cost (about 65 MB), and not the compilation cost (you will still need to
> compile the next packages that you will install, as it is only the OCaml
> distribution). On most of our settings, downloading is much faster than
> compiling.
> 
> Once it is installed, it keeps the archive in a cache (in
> ~/.opam/.ocp-compiler-cache/), so that creating other aliases from this
> switch will only be the cost of decompressing the archive:
> 
> opam switch 4.01.0-for-something-else --alias 4.01.0+bin-ocp
> 
> Tell us if you meet any problem using it !

It looked neat, but:

# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.5 (Final)

# ~/.opam/4.01.0+bin-ocp/bin/ocaml
/localhome/ocaml/.opam/4.01.0+bin-ocp/bin/ocaml: /lib64/libc.so.6:
version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by
/localhome/ocaml/.opam/4.01.0+bin-ocp/bin/ocaml)

> --Fabrice
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 2:41 AM, Francois Berenger <berenger@riken.jp>wrote:
> 
>> I'm always annoyed when I have to wait ~20mn to install OCaml on a machine.
>>
>> Nowadays, thanks to OPAM, I think only a compiler is needed to
>> bootstrap quickly an OCaml environment for developers.
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Francois Berenger.
>>
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Best regards,
Francois Berenger.