-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Thomas [mailto:miketh@brisbane.paradigmgeo.com]
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 9:51 AM
To: johago@web.de; glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org
Subject: RE: building ghc from source

Hi Johannes.

 

Notice that the build fails the first time that "ghc-inplace" gets called.  Now look back at your configure output and see the line:

 

   checking whether we can open files in binary mode... no

 

which should read:

 

   checking whether we can open files in binary mode... yes

The problem is that when this step goes wrong on Windows, the compiler is built in such a way that it can't read binary files (eg "*.hi")  correctly.

 

I'm afraid I can't remember what caused this configuration test to go wrong for me in the past, but I solved it by looking at the file "configure.log", which I suggest you do.  I seem to recall that, due to a compiler configuration problem, a header or library was not found, which meant that the test program was doomed to fail.

 

I can't say that this is the only problem you will have, but it is certainly fatal on Windows so:

 

Best of luck!

 

Mike Thomas.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: glasgow-haskell-users-admin@haskell.org [mailto:glasgow-haskell-users-admin@haskell.org]On Behalf Of johago@web.de
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 2:15 AM
To: glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org
Subject: building ghc from source

Hi there!

I'm trying to build ghc from scratch under Windows XP... which gives me
problems, problems, problems...

Steps taken:

....bits removed.... 

 
checking whether we can open files in binary mode... no 

 

.... more bits removed ...

 
../utils/ghc-pkg/ghc-pkg-inplace  -f ../driver/package.conf --update-package
<rt
s.conf.installed
Reading package info from stdin... done.
Expanding embedded variables...done.
warning: can't find GHCi lib `HSrts.o'
Saving old package config file... done.
Writing new package config file... done.
../../ghc/compiler/ghc-inplace -optc-mno-cygwin -optc-O -optc-Wall -optc-W -
optc
-Wstrict-prototypes -optc-Wmissing-prototypes -optc-Wmissing-declarations -o
ptc-
Winline -optc-Waggregate-return -optc-Wbad-function-cast -optc-Wcast-align -
optc
-I../includes -optc-I. -optc-Iparallel -optc-DCOMPILING_RTS -optc-fomit-fram
e-po
inter -O2 -static -package-name rts -O -Rghc-timing     -c Adjustor.c -o
Adjusto
r.o
<<ghc: 629196 bytes, 2 GCs, 19832/19832 avg/max bytes residency (1 samples),
5M
in use, 0.01 INIT (0.02 elapsed), 0.00 MUT (0.02 elapsed), 0.02 GC (0.03
elapsed
) :ghc>>
make[2]: *** [Adjustor.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/build/ghc/ghc'
make: *** [all] Error 1


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Thanks very much for your suggestions in advance

Bye,
Johannes
johago@web.de