#6086: Cross compilation fails using system linker for other architecture binaries ----------------------------------------------+--------------------------- Reporter: mtjm | Owner: Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: high | Milestone: 7.8.4 Component: Build System | Version: 7.8.3 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Operating System: Linux | Architecture: arm Type of failure: Building GHC failed | Difficulty: Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: 9421 | Related Tickets: Differential Revisions: | ----------------------------------------------+--------------------------- Comment (by jpmasseria): Replying to [comment:23 cetu86]: Thanks for the continued help. I'm still stuck where my GHC build doesn't find ncurses. I have done the following (my main issue is that I don't really understand where I need to "install" my cross compiled version of ncurses. {{{ wget ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/ncurses/ncurses_5.9.orig.tar.gz tar xf ncurses_5.9.orig.tar.gz cd ncurses-5.9/ ./configure --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-gcc=arm-linux- gnueabihf-gcc --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --prefix=/home/johnma/arm- linux-gnueabihf make && make install }}} As I understand it this placed the cross compiled `ncurses` into my directory `/home/johnma/arm-linux/gnueabihf` I then tried to build GHC using this as follows: {{{ cd ../ghc/ ./configure --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --enable-unregisterised --with-gcc=`which arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc` --with-nm=/usr/bin/nm --with- sysroot=/home/johnma/arm-linux-gnueabihf make -j2 }}} Needless to say that achieved the same ncurses not found error. Again, my confusion is how I tell the GHC build to find this ncurses. Thank you! -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/6086#comment:24 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler