[MacPorts] #64698: approach to fix Haskell (GHC) for PowerPC: some progress, ghc @7.6.3 builds for ppc

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#64698: approach to fix Haskell (GHC) for PowerPC: some progress, ghc @7.6.3 builds
for ppc
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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):

 Almost the same failure with 7.8.1:

 {{{
 >> inplace/bin/ghc-stage1
 cat ghc/ghc.wrapper                                     >> inplace/bin
 /ghc-stage1
 chmod +x                                                     inplace/bin
 /ghc-stage1
 "inplace/bin/ghc-cabal" check libraries/ghc-prim
 "inplace/bin/ghc-cabal" configure libraries/ghc-prim dist-install ""
 --with-
 ghc="/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_PPCSnowLeopardPorts_lang_ghc/ghc/work/ghc-7.8.1/inplace/bin
 /ghc-stage1" --with-ghc-
 pkg="/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_PPCSnowLeopardPorts_lang_ghc/ghc/work/ghc-7.8.1/inplace/bin
 /ghc-pkg" --flag=include-ghc-prim --disable-library-for-ghci --enable-
 library-vanilla --enable-library-profiling --enable-shared --configure-
 option=CFLAGS=" -m32 -mmacosx-version-min=10.5 -fno-stack-protector   "
 --configure-option=LDFLAGS=" -m32 -mmacosx-version-min=10.5  "
 --configure-option=CPPFLAGS=" -m32  " --configure-option=--with-iconv-
 includes="/opt/local/include" --configure-option=--with-iconv-
 libraries="/opt/local/lib" --configure-option=--with-gmp-
 includes="/opt/local/include" --configure-option=--with-gmp-
 libraries="/opt/local/lib" --with-gcc="/opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-7" --with-
 ld="/opt/local/bin/ld" --configure-option=--with-cc="/opt/local/bin/gcc-
 mp-7" --with-ar="/opt/local/bin/ar" --with-ranlib="/opt/local/bin/ranlib"
 Configuring ghc-prim-0.3.1.0...
 ghc-cabal: ghc-stage1: internal error: evacuate(static): strange closure
 type
 18672
 (GHC version 7.6.2 for powerpc_apple_darwin)
 Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug
 make[1]: *** [libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/package-data.mk] Error 1
 make: *** [all] Error 2
 make: Leaving directory
 `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_PPCSnowLeopardPorts_lang_ghc/ghc/work/ghc-7.8.1'
 Command failed:  cd
 "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_PPCSnowLeopardPorts_lang_ghc/ghc/work/ghc-7.8.1"
 && /usr/bin/make -j4 -w all VERBOSE=1
 Exit code: 2
 }}}

 Any idea why might this happen, "ghc-stage1: internal error:
 evacuate(static): strange closure type"?

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