[MacPorts] #64698: approach to fix Haskell (GHC) for PowerPC: some progress, ghc @7.6.3 builds for ppc but there is a bug to be fixed

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#64698: approach to fix Haskell (GHC) for PowerPC: some progress, ghc @7.6.3 builds
for ppc but there is a bug to be fixed
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  Reporter:  barracuda156        |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  enhancement         |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal              |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports               |    Version:  2.7.1
Resolution:                      |   Keywords:  powerpc, leopard
      Port:  ghc, ghc-bootstrap  |
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Comment (by barracuda156):

 Replying to [comment:23 kencu]:
 > I think that at that point, ghc started making bad bitrotted code on
 powerpc darwin, and then was ultimately dumped
 > https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/2031

 The link is very helpful. Interestingly, support for PowerPC has been
 removed just three years ago:
 https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/374e44704b64afafc1179127e6c9c5bf1715ef39

 So even if it might be unfeasible to bring it back into the newest
 versions of `ghc`, this timeline should imply that late 8.x.x were still
 supporting PPC, at least in principle.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/64698#comment:27>
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