Digging around online, I suspect that you may not have the GNU C++ compiler installed at all. Take this with a shaker of salt.
David FeuerWell-Typed, LLP
-------- Original message --------From: Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs Date: 11/20/17 8:14 AM (GMT-05:00) To: ghc-devs@haskell.org Subject: Linux failure
Hi devs
I've got my Linux box upgraded to a recent version of Ubuntu, so I'm no longer stuck on gcc version.
But I can't build either. Something strange with /lib/cpp fails sanity check. The log is below.
Can anyone help? I'm a bit stalled.
This call to "make" follows the same failure when I typed "sh validate -fast". But by carrying on from where it got stuck the log is way shorter.
Thanks
Simon
simonpj@cam-05-unx:~/5builds/HEAD$ make
===--- building phase 0
make --no-print-directory -f ghc.mk phase=0 phase_0_builds
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'phase_0_builds'.
===--- building phase 1
make --no-print-directory -f ghc.mk phase=1 phase_1_builds
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'phase_1_builds'.
===--- building final phase
make --no-print-directory -f ghc.mk phase=final all
rts/ghc.mk:547: rts/dist/build/.depend-v-dyn-l-debug-thr-thr_debug-thr_l-debug_dyn-thr_dyn-thr_debug_dyn-l_dyn-thr_l_dyn.c_asm: No such file or directory
libraries/ghci/ghc.mk:4: libraries/ghci/dist-install/build/.depend-v-dyn.haskell: No such file or directory
"rm" -f libffi/stamp.ffi.static.configure
"rm" -f libffi/stamp.ffi.static.build
"rm" -f libffi/stamp.ffi.static.install
"rm" -f libffi/stamp.ffi.static-shared.configure
"rm" -f libffi/stamp.ffi.static-shared.build
"rm" -f libffi/stamp.ffi.static-shared.install
"rm" -rf libffi/build
cat libffi-tarballs/libffi*.tar.gz | /bin/gzip -d | { cd libffi && /bin/tar -xf - ; }
mv libffi/libffi-* libffi/build
cp "/home/simonpj/5builds/HEAD/config.guess" libffi/build/config.guess
cp "/home/simonpj/5builds/HEAD/config.sub" libffi/build/config.sub
chmod +x libffi/ln
# We need to use -MMD rather than -MD, as otherwise we get paths
# like c:/... in the dependency files on Windows, and the extra
# colons break make
mv libffi/build/Makefile.in libffi/build/Makefile.in.orig
sed "s/-MD/-MMD/" < libffi/build/Makefile.in.orig > libffi/build/Makefile.in
# We attempt to specify the installation directory below with --libdir,
# but libffi installs into 'toolexeclibdir' instead, which may differ
# on systems where gcc has multilib support. Force libffi to use libdir.
# (https://sourceware.org/ml/libffi-discuss/2014/msg00016.html)
mv libffi/build/Makefile.in libffi/build/Makefile.in.orig
sed 's:@toolexeclibdir@:$(libdir):g' < libffi/build/Makefile.in.orig > libffi/build/Makefile.in
# install-sh is used when /usr/bin/install is missing; ensure its
# path in libffi's Makefile is correct. See GHC #11109.
mv libffi/build/Makefile.in libffi/build/Makefile.in.orig
sed 's|@INSTALL@|$(subst ../install-sh,/home/simonpj/5builds/HEAD/install-sh,@INSTALL@)|g' < libffi/build/Makefile.in.orig > libffi/build/Makefile.in
cd libffi && \
cd build && \
CC=gcc \
CXX=gcc \
LD=ld.gold \
AR=ar \
NM=nm \
RANLIB=ranlib \
CFLAGS="-Wall -Werror -fno-stack-protector -w" \
LDFLAGS=" -w" \
"/bin/bash" ./configure \
--prefix=/home/simonpj/5builds/HEAD/libffi/build/inst \
--libdir=/home/simonpj/5builds/HEAD/libffi/build/inst/lib \
--disable-docs \
--enable-static=yes \
--enable-shared=yes \
--host=x86_64-unknown-linux
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
continue configure in default builddir "./x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
....exec /bin/sh .././configure "--srcdir=.." "--enable-builddir=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" "linux
gnu"
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for gsed... sed
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-strip... no
checking for strip... strip
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether gcc accepts -g... no
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... ld.gold
checking if the linker (ld.gold) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... nm
checking the name lister (nm) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1635000
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for ld.gold option to reload object files... -r
checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-objdump... no
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-dlltool... no
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-strip... strip
checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse nm output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-mt... no
checking for mt... mt
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... yes
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (ld.gold -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: in `/home/simonpj/5builds/HEAD/libffi/build/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu':
configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details
libffi/ghc.mk:47: recipe for target 'libffi/stamp.ffi.static-shared.configure' failed
make[1]: *** [libffi/stamp.ffi.static-shared.configure] Error 1
Makefile:122: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
