Ok, the instructions have a slight mistake, we shouldn't be using the -fasm flag to build stage 1. I'm not sure how that crept in, sorry.
Just remove -fasm from GhcStage1HcOpts in mk/build.mk, that should fix it.
By the way, I'm guessing you're on a Sparc box, is that right? If so, others have reported problems on Sparc with 6.4, so you might run into difficulties. We're lacking a Sparc guru at the moment.
I am using Netbsd-2.0. You were correct that removing the -fasm flag fixed the error I was getting, though now I am getting the following errors. ghc-6.4-host/libraries/readline NetBSD-2.0 0 # gmake boot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==fptools== gmake boot -r; in /devel/build/NetBSD/ghc/ghc-6.4-host/libraries/readline ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ../../ghc/utils/hsc2hs/hsc2hs-inplace -Iinclude -I. System/Console/Readline.hsc Readline.hsc: In function `main': Readline.hsc:677: error: `UNDO_DELETE' undeclared (first use in this function) Readline.hsc:677: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once Readline.hsc:677: error: for each function it appears in.) Readline.hsc:678: error: `UNDO_INSERT' undeclared (first use in this function) Readline.hsc:679: error: `UNDO_BEGIN' undeclared (first use in this function) Readline.hsc:680: error: `UNDO_END' undeclared (first use in this function) Readline.hsc:1021: error: `MULT_MATCH' undeclared (first use in this function) Readline.hsc:1044: error: `SINGLE_MATCH' undeclared (first use in this function) gmake: *** [System/Console/Readline.hs] Error 1 I have tried this with readline-5.0 both shared and static versions though I prefer to use the static version. -Jessica ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ jib@panix.com Panix Staff