#9983: configure script invokes ghc with LDFLAGS during cross-builds -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: newsham | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Build System | Version: 7.8.4 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: Building GHC | Unknown/Multiple failed | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by newsham): Besides using LDFLAGS for ghc, configure seems to expect to use the following settings for building binaries on the build host that can be run on the build host: CC, CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, LDFLAGS, LIBS. Defining any of these to target-appropriate settings causes configure to fail early with: checking whether the C compiler works... no or configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs. If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'. This includes builds in which --host and --build and --target were all specified where --target is a different value, and --host and --build are the same values. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9983#comment:1 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler