#8683: add "cpp program" and "cpp program options" to settings file -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: carter | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: patch Priority: highest | Milestone: 7.8.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.1-rc2 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Difficulty: Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: #8439 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Comment (by carter): somehow i'm tripping a "make has restarted 3 times" bug when I run validate, heres the tail of the transcript nb: i did configure with --with-gcc=gcc-4.8 and --with-hs-cpp=gcc-4.8 heres a link to the tail of the console output http://lpaste.net/101605 the relevant last few lines being {{{ Writing new package config file... done. "inplace/bin/ghc-cabal" configure ghc stage1 "" --with- ghc="/usr/local/bin/ghc" --with-ghc-pkg="/usr/local/bin/ghc-pkg" --flags=stage1 --constraint "ghc == 7.8.0.20140322" --package- db=/Users/carter/Desktop/repoScratcher/ghc/libraries/bootstrapping.conf --disable-library-for-ghci --disable-library-vanilla --disable-library- profiling --disable-shared --with- hscolour="/Users/carter/.cabal/bin/HsColour" --configure- option=CFLAGS="-Wall -m64 -fno-stack-protector -Werror=unused-but-set- variable -Wno-error=inline" --configure-option=LDFLAGS=" -m64 " --configure-option=CPPFLAGS=" -m64 " --constraint "Cabal == 1.18.1.3" --constraint "hpc == 0.6.0.1" --constraint "bin-package-db == 0.0.0.0" --constraint "hoopl == 3.10.0.0" --constraint "transformers == 0.3.0.0" --constraint "terminfo == 0.4.0.0" --with-gcc="gcc-4.8" --configure-option =--with-cc="gcc-4.8" --with-ar="/usr/bin/ar" --with-ranlib="ranlib" --with-alex="/Users/carter/.cabal/bin/alex" --with- happy="/Users/carter/.cabal/bin/happy" Configuring ghc-bin-7.8.0.20140322... Warning: 'data-dir: ..' is a relative path outside of the source tree. This will not work when generating a tarball with 'sdist'. ghc.mk:100: *** Make has restarted itself 2 times; is there a makefile bug? See http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Troubleshooting#Makehasrestart... for details. Stop. }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8683#comment:45 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler