2.6. Version 9.4.3¶
The significant changes to the various parts of the compiler are listed in the following sections.
The LLVM backend of this release is to be used with LLVM
10, 11, 12, or 13.
2.6.1. Significant Changes¶
Issues fixed in this release include:
- A crash on Darwin in executables built with IPE support (#22080)
- A runtime crash triggered by constructor specialization (#21448)
- A runtime correctness issue on AArch64 (#22282)
- A compile-time failure on Windows caused by the
_UCRTmacro being undefined (#22159)
2.6.1.1. Included libraries¶
The package database provided with this distribution also contains a number of packages other than GHC itself. See the changelogs provided with these packages for further change information.
| Package | Version | Reason for inclusion |
|---|---|---|
| ghc | 9.4.8 | The compiler itself |
| Cabal-syntax | 3.8.1.0 | Dependency of ghc-pkg utility |
| Cabal | 3.8.1.0 | Dependency of ghc-pkg utility |
| Win32 | 2.12.0.1 | Dependency of ghc library |
| array | 0.5.4.0 | Dependency of ghc library |
| base | 4.17.2.1 | Core library |
| binary | 0.8.9.1 | Dependency of ghc library |
| bytestring | 0.11.5.3 | Dependency of ghc library |
| containers | 0.6.7 | Dependency of ghc library |
| deepseq | 1.4.8.0 | Dependency of ghc library |
| directory | 1.3.7.1 | Dependency of ghc library |
| exceptions | 0.10.5 | Dependency of ghc and haskeline library |
| filepath | 1.4.2.2 | Dependency of ghc library |
| ghc-boot-th | 9.4.8 | Internal compiler library |
| ghc-boot | 9.4.8 | Internal compiler library |
| ghc-compact | 0.1.0.0 | Core library |
| ghc-heap | 9.4.8 | GHC heap-walking library |
| ghc-prim | 0.9.1 | Core library |
| ghci | 9.4.8 | The REPL interface |
| haskeline | 0.8.2 | Dependency of ghci executable |
| hpc | 0.6.1.0 | Dependency of hpc executable |
| integer-gmp | 1.1 | Core library |
| libiserv | 9.4.8 | Internal compiler library |
| mtl | 2.2.2 | Dependency of Cabal library |
| parsec | 3.1.16.1 | Dependency of Cabal library |
| pretty | 1.1.3.6 | Dependency of ghc library |
| process | 1.6.18.0 | Dependency of ghc library |
| stm | 2.5.1.0 | Dependency of haskeline library |
| template-haskell | 2.19.0.0 | Core library |
| terminfo | 0.4.1.5 | Dependency of haskeline library |
| text | 2.0.2 | Dependency of Cabal library |
| time | 1.12.2 | Dependency of ghc library |
| transformers | 0.5.6.2 | Dependency of ghc library |
| unix | 2.7.3 | Dependency of ghc library |
| xhtml | 3000.2.2.1 | Dependency of haddock executable |