ghc installation failure on Mac OS 10.4 / PowerPC

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Aug 26, 2008, at 02:38, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Aug 26, 2008, at 02:02, Christoph Ludwig wrote:
>
>> == make all -r;
>>  in
>> /opt/local/var/macports/build/
>> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang 
>> _
>> ghc/work/ghc-6.8.3/rts
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>> -
>> --
>> ../compiler/ghc-inplace -optc-O -optc-I/opt/local/include -optc-Wall
>> -optc-W -optc-Wstrict-prototypes -optc-Wmissing-prototypes
>> -optc-Wmissing-declarations -optc-Winline -optc-Waggregate-return
>> -optc-I../includes -optc-I. -optc-Iparallel -optc-Ism
>> -optc-DCOMPILING_RTS -optc-fomit-frame-pointer -optc-I/opt/local/
>> include
>> -optc-I../gmp/gmpbuild -optc-fno-strict-aliasing -H16m -O
>> -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib -optc-O2 -package-name rts -
>> static
>> -I/opt/local/include -I../gmp/gmpbuild -I. -#include HCIncludes.h
>> -dcmm-lint     -c Adjustor.c -o Adjustor.o
>> make[1]: *** [Adjustor.o] Bus error
>> make: *** [stage1] Error 1
>
>
> Yes, this appears to be a ghc bug.
>
> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2380
>
> You will have to discuss the issue with the developers of ghc; they
> are the ones who need to fix the problem.


I should add that I'm trying to build ghc now on my Power Mac G4  
running Tiger, but it will take hours so I'll report back later.

If you're running a version of Xcode earlier than 2.4.1, please  
update to 2.4.1 or 2.5 and try again. Earlier versions are not  
supported by MacPorts on Tiger.