Re: Unable to compile ghc from darcs

31 Mar 2009


      Colin Paul Adams wrote:
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"Simon" == Simon Marlow  writes:
Simon> Are you using a build tree made with lndir?  If you, you
    Simon> probably want to link the _darcs directory from your source
    Simon> tree into your build tree.  This will enable configure to
    Simon> generate a more accurate version number, which will
    Simon> probably fix the compile problem with Haddock.
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    >> I don't think so. I am just typing ./configure and make within
    >> the source tree (the parent of the _darcs directory). Is this
    >> bad?
Simon> No, that should be fine.  The Haddock build error indicates
    Simon> that either your Haddock sources are out of date with
    Simon> respect to your GHC sources, or Haddock thinks your GHC is
    Simon> a different version than it really is.
Simon> What GHC are you using to bootstrap with, BTW?
6.11.20090319 (formerly bootstrapped from 6.10.1).
Ah, there's your problem.  In general you can't bootstrap GHC using a 
development snapshot, we only support building using fixed released versions.

Cheers,
	Simon