bug#51213: ghci missing reference to gcc

[Simon Tournier]

Hi,

On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 at 16:00, Jack Hill <jackhill@jackhill.us> wrote:

> $ guix environment --ad-hoc ghc -- ghci
> GHCi, version 8.10.7: https://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
> ghc: could not execute: gcc

This is currently expected.


> but if gcc-toolchain is included, it can:

One option is to have a package “ghc-toolchain“ which provide ghc and
all the other required packages.  I have some patches for that
somewhere. :-)

For now, I propose to close and just add gcc-toolchain.

WDYT?

Cheers,
simon