[haskell-platform] #138: Haskell platform for Mac OS X depends on non-standard perl install

[Don Stewart]

This looks like an easy one to fix.

haskell-platform:
> #138: Haskell platform for Mac OS X depends on non-standard perl install
> ----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
>  Reporter:  dmp       |       Owner:  dons
>      Type:  defect    |      Status:  new 
>  Priority:  major     |   Milestone:      
> Component:  Platform  |    Keywords:      
> ----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
>  The {{{ghc-asm}}} script has a {{{#!/opt/local/bin/perl}}} which is the
>  perl installed by macports and not the one included by default with the
>  os. If perl is not installed by macports, this will cause an error message
>  like:
> 
>  {{{
>  ghc: could not execute:
>  /Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/612/usr/lib/ghc-6.12.3/ghc-asm
>  }}}
> 
>  when trying to use the C backend. I think the platform should not depend
>  on a macports version of perl.
> 
>  It looks like the {{{ghc-split}}} script also referencs the non-standard
>  perl install location.
> 
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