Hi, I worked around the first problem, lacking cc1, by following the instructions here: http://www.nabble.com/cc1-not-found-td9742088.html - adding c:\mingw\libexec\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5 to the $PATH. Then I get a shorter error: cd hpc && c:/ghc-build/ghc/libraries/cabal-bin c:/ghc/ghc-6.8.3/bin/ghc c:/gh c-build/ghc/libraries/bootstrapping.conf configure --distpref=dist-bootstrapping --with-compiler=c:/ghc/ghc-6.8.3/bin/ghc --with-hc-pkg=c:/ghc/ghc-6.8.3/bin/ghc -pkg --package-db=c:/ghc-build/ghc/libraries/bootstrapping.conf.tmp Configuring hpc-0.5... cd hpc && c:/ghc-build/ghc/libraries/cabal-bin c:/ghc/ghc-6.8.3/bin/ghc c:/gh c-build/ghc/libraries/bootstrapping.conf build --distpref=dist-bootstrapping Preprocessing library hpc-0.5... In file included from /mingw/lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.5/../../../../include/float.h:1 9, from c:/ghc/ghc-6.8.3/include/mingw/float.h:19, from c:/ghc/ghc-6.8.3/include/HsFFI.h:69, from c:/ghc/ghc-6.8.3/template-hsc.h:4, from dist-bootstrapping\build\Trace\Hpc\Reflect_hsc_make.c:1: /mingw/include/float.h:102: error: syntax error before "_controlfp" /mingw/include/float.h:103: error: syntax error before "_control87" /mingw/include/float.h:106: error: syntax error before "_clearfp" /mingw/include/float.h:107: error: syntax error before "_statusfp" /mingw/include/float.h:121: error: syntax error before "_fpreset" /mingw/include/float.h:122: error: syntax error before "fpreset" /mingw/include/float.h:125: error: syntax error before "__fpecode" /mingw/include/float.h:133: error: syntax error before "_chgsign" /mingw/include/float.h:134: error: syntax error before "_copysign" /mingw/include/float.h:135: error: syntax error before "_logb" /mingw/include/float.h:136: error: syntax error before "_nextafter" /mingw/include/float.h:137: error: syntax error before "_scalb" /mingw/include/float.h:139: error: syntax error before "_finite" /mingw/include/float.h:140: error: syntax error before "_fpclass" /mingw/include/float.h:141: error: syntax error before "_isnan" compiling dist-bootstrapping\build\Trace\Hpc\Reflect_hsc_make.c failed command was: c:\ghc\ghc-6.8.3\gcc.exe -c -D__GLASGOW_HASKELL__=608 -Ic:\ghc\ghc- 6.8.3/lib\directory-1.0.0.1\include -Ic:\ghc\ghc-6.8.3/lib\old-time-1.0.0.0\incl ude -Ic:\ghc\ghc-6.8.3/lib\base-3.0.2.0\include -Ic:\ghc\ghc-6.8.3/include -Ic:\ ghc\ghc-6.8.3/include/mingw dist-bootstrapping\build\Trace\Hpc\Reflect_hsc_make. c -o dist-bootstrapping\build\Trace\Hpc\Reflect_hsc_make.o make[1]: *** [bootstrapping.conf] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/ghc-build/ghc/libraries' make: *** [stage1] Error 2 An example of the first error: _CRTIMP unsigned int __cdecl __MINGW_NOTHROW _controlfp (unsigned int unNew, unsigned int unMask); And all the error lines seem to have _MINGW_NOTHROW just before the syntax error. I therefore added: #define __MINGW_NOTHROW To the mingw\include\float.h header - which is clearly not a good idea to do in general, but may hack it enough until a build expert can give me the right fix. The next error I got was: cd hpc && c:/ghc-build/ghc/libraries/cabal-bin c:/ghc/ghc-6.8.3/bin/ghc c:/gh c-build/ghc/libraries/bootstrapping.conf build --distpref=dist-bootstrapping Preprocessing library hpc-0.5... \mingw\lib\gcc\mingw32\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: crtbegin.o: No such file: No such file or directory linking dist-bootstrapping\build\Trace\Hpc\Reflect_hsc_make.o failed command was: c:\ghc\ghc-6.8.3\gcc.exe -Lc:\ghc\ghc-6.8.3/lib\directory-1.0.0.1 - Lc:\ghc\ghc-6.8.3/lib\filepath-1.1.0.0 -Lc:\ghc\ghc-6.8.3/lib\old-time-1.0.0.0 - Lc:\ghc\ghc-6.8.3/lib\old-locale-1.0.0.0 -Lc:\ghc\ghc-6.8.3/lib\containers-0.1.0 .2 -Lc:\ghc\ghc-6.8.3/lib\array-0.1.0.0 -Lc:\ghc\ghc-6.8.3/lib\base-3.0.2.0 -lws ock32 -lmsvcrt -lkernel32 -luser32 -lshell32 -Lc:\ghc\ghc-6.8.3 -Lc:\ghc\ghc-6.8 .3/gcc-lib -lm -lgmp -lwsock32 dist-bootstrapping\build\Trace\Hpc\Reflect_hsc_ma ke.o -o dist-bootstrapping\build\Trace\Hpc\Reflect_hsc_make.exe make[1]: *** [bootstrapping.conf] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/ghc-build/ghc/libraries' make: *** [stage1] Error 2 So I added c:\mingw\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5 to the $PATH, where I found a copy of crtbegin.o. That didn't work. So I then copied crtbegin.o and crtend.o into c:\mingw\lib. That seemed to be enough to get past hpc, but again is just a short-term hack. My build is still going, and I'll report back once it either fails or succeeds. However, a general fix does need to be developed for the two issues above. Adding cc1 to the path can probably go in as an instruction for setting up the build environment. It would be incredibly useful if someone wrote a windows-build.sh command that automated as many steps as possible in the list Claus made, and checked for all the others - i.e. checking darcs is on the path, checking appropriate versions where possible, checking mingw gcc is first etc. If no one else does, I probably will when I install Windows on my home machine. Thanks Neil -----Original Message----- From: Mitchell, Neil Sent: 08 September 2008 9:41 am To: 'glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org' Subject: Windows build failure Hi, I've just tried building GHC HEAD using GHC 6.8.3 on Windows following the instructions on the wiki (http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Windows) I initially got a failure about cc1 not being found when executing 6.8.3's gcc, which I worked around by adding c:/ghc/ghc-6.8.3/gcc-lib at the end of the path (i.e. last priority) After this error I get a problem with include files, see the attached log file. It looks like include files are going wrong between Mingw and 6.8.3. My current $PATH variable is: /cygdrive/c/mingw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdr ive/c/WI NNT/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727:/cygdrive/c/local/MikTex/texmf/mi ktex/bin :/cygdrive/c/Perl/site/bin:/cygdrive/c/Utils/mks/MKSNT:/cygdrive/c/WINNT /system3 2:/cygdrive/c/WINNT:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/CSsystem :/cygdri ve/c/Utils:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Sybase.12/OCS-12_0/bin:/cygdrive/c/ghc/ghc- 6.8.3:/cygdrive/c/ghc/ghc-6.8.3/bin:/cygdrive/c/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Ha skell/bin:/cygdrive/f/ImslNT.30/CNL/Bin:/cygdrive/c/Utils/mks/mksnt:/cyg drive/f/ Fame/76:/cygdrive/c/Utils/mks/MKSNT:/cygdrive/c/ghc/ghc-6.8.3/gcc-lib Thanks Neil ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ==============================================================================