Hi, with RC1 in experimental, the Debian auto-builders have now picked up building 7.8, and it is failing on armel, hurd-i386, mips and mipsel: armel (https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=ghc&arch=armel&ver=7.8.20140130-1&stamp=1391666879) "inplace/bin/ghc-stage2" -o utils/haddock/dist/build/tmp/haddock -hisuf hi -osuf o -hcsuf hc -static -H32m -O -lffi -optl-pthread -optc-mlong-calls -hide-all-packages -i -iutils/haddock/driver -iutils/haddock/src -iutils/haddock/vendor/attoparsec-0.10.4.0 -iutils/haddock/dist/build -iutils/haddock/dist/build/autogen -Iutils/haddock/dist/build -Iutils/haddock/dist/build/autogen -optP-DIN_GHC_TREE -optP-include -optPutils/haddock/dist/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package Cabal-1.18.1.3 -package array-0.5.0.0 -package base-4.7.0.0 -package bytestring-0.10.4.0 -package containers-0.5.4.0 -package deepseq-1.3.0.2 -package directory-1.2.0.2 -package filepath-1.3.0.2 -package ghc-7.8.20140130 -package xhtml-3000.2.1 -funbox-strict-fields -Wall -fwarn-tabs -O2 -XHaskell2010 -no-user-package-db -rtsopts -odir utils/haddock/dist/build -hidir utils/haddock/dist/build -stubdir utils/haddock/dist/build utils/haddock/dist/build/Main.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Documentation/Haddock.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Data/Attoparsec.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Data/Attoparsec/ByteString.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Data/Attoparsec/ByteString/Char8.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Data/Attoparsec/Combinator.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Data/Attoparsec/Number.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Data/Attoparsec/ByteString/FastSet.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Data/Attoparsec/ByteString/Internal.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Data/Attoparsec/Internal.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Data/Attoparsec/Internal/Types.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Interface.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Interface/Rename.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Interface/Create.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Interface/AttachInstances.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Interface/LexParseRn.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Interface/ParseModuleHeader.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Parser.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Parser/Util.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Utf8.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Utils.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Backends/Xhtml.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Backends/Xhtml/Decl.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Backends/Xhtml/DocMarkup.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Backends/Xhtml/Layout.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Backends/Xhtml/Names.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Backends/Xhtml/Themes.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Backends/Xhtml/Types.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Backends/Xhtml/Utils.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Backends/LaTeX.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Backends/HaddockDB.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Backends/Hoogle.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/ModuleTree.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Types.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Doc.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Version.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/InterfaceFile.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Options.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/GhcUtils.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Convert.o utils/haddock/dist/build/Paths_haddock.o /«PKGBUILDDIR»/compiler/stage2/build/libHSghc-7.8.20140130.a(genSym.o): In function `genSym': genSym.c:(.text+0x84): undefined reference to `arm_atomic_spin_lock' genSym.c:(.text+0x88): undefined reference to `arm_atomic_spin_unlock' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [utils/haddock/dist/build/tmp/haddock] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/«PKGBUILDDIR»' make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2 hurd (https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=ghc&arch=hurd-i386&ver=7.8.20140130-1&stamp=1391625204) "inplace/bin/ghc-stage1" -optc-Wall -optc-Wextra -optc-Wstrict-prototypes -optc-Wmissing-prototypes -optc-Wmissing-declarations -optc-Winline -optc-Waggregate-return -optc-Wpointer-arith -optc-Wmissing-noreturn -optc-Wnested-externs -optc-Wredundant-decls -optc-Iincludes -optc-Iincludes/dist -optc-Iincludes/dist-derivedconstants/header -optc-Iincludes/dist-ghcconstants/header -optc-Irts -optc-Irts/dist/build -optc-DCOMPILING_RTS -optc-fno-strict-aliasing -optc-fno-common -optc-O2 -optc-fomit-frame-pointer -optc-DDYNAMIC -optc-DRtsWay=\"rts_dyn\" -fPIC -dynamic -H32m -O -lffi -optl-pthread -Iincludes -Iincludes/dist -Iincludes/dist-derivedconstants/header -Iincludes/dist-ghcconstants/header -Irts -Irts/dist/build -DCOMPILING_RTS -package-name rts -dcmm-lint -i -irts -irts/dist/build -irts/dist/build/autogen -Irts/dist/build -Irts/dist/build/autogen -O2 -c rts/hooks/StackOverflow.c -o rts/dist/build/hooks/StackOverflow.dyn_o ghc-stage1: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.8.20140130 for i386-unknown-gnu): howToAccessLabel: PIC not defined for this platform Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug "inplace/bin/ghc-stage1" -optc-Wall -optc-Wextra -optc-Wstrict-prototypes -optc-Wmissing-prototypes -optc-Wmissing-declarations -optc-Winline -optc-Waggregate-return -optc-Wpointer-arith -optc-Wmissing-noreturn -optc-Wnested-externs -optc-Wredundant-decls -optc-Iincludes -optc-Iincludes/dist -optc-Iincludes/dist-derivedconstants/header -optc-Iincludes/dist-ghcconstants/header -optc-Irts -optc-Irts/dist/build -optc-DCOMPILING_RTS -optc-fno-strict-aliasing -optc-fno-common -optc-O2 -optc-fomit-frame-pointer -optc-DDYNAMIC -optc-DRtsWay=\"rts_dyn\" -fPIC -dynamic -H32m -O -lffi -optl-pthread -Iincludes -Iincludes/dist -Iincludes/dist-derivedconstants/header -Iincludes/dist-ghcconstants/header -Irts -Irts/dist/build -DCOMPILING_RTS -package-name rts -dcmm-lint -i -irts -irts/dist/build -irts/dist/build/autogen -Irts/dist/build -Irts/dist/build/autogen -O2 -c rts/sm/BlockAlloc.c -o rts/dist/build/sm/BlockAlloc.dyn_o make[2]: *** [rts/dist/build/Apply.dyn_o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 mips (https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=ghc&arch=mips&ver=7.8.20140130-1&stamp=1391631539) mipsel (https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=ghc&arch=mipsel&ver=7.8.20140130-1&stamp=1391660280) In file included from rts/sm/Evac.c:21:0: rts/sm/GCTDecl.h:139:2: error: #error Cannot find a way to declare the thread-local gc variable! #error Cannot find a way to declare the thread-local gc variable! ^ make[2]: *** [rts/dist/build/.depend-v-p-dyn-l-debug-thr-thr_debug-thr_l-thr_p-debug_dyn-thr_dyn-thr_debug_dyn-l_dyn-thr_l_dyn-thr_debug_p.c_asm] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... echo "compiler_stage2_depfile_haskell_EXISTS = YES" >> compiler/stage2/build/.depend-v-p-dyn.haskell.tmp for dir in compiler/stage2/build/./ compiler/stage2/build/CodeGen/ compiler/stage2/build/CodeGen/Platform/ compiler/stage2/build/Hoopl/ compiler/stage2/build/Llvm/ compiler/stage2/build/LlvmCodeGen/ compiler/stage2/build/PPC/ compiler/stage2/build/RegAlloc/ compiler/stage2/build/RegAlloc/Graph/ compiler/stage2/build/RegAlloc/Linear/ compiler/stage2/build/RegAlloc/Linear/PPC/ compiler/stage2/build/RegAlloc/Linear/SPARC/ compiler/stage2/build/RegAlloc/Linear/X86/ compiler/stage2/build/RegAlloc/Linear/X86_64/ compiler/stage2/build/SPARC/ compiler/stage2/build/SPARC/CodeGen/ compiler/stage2/build/Vectorise/ compiler/stage2/build/Vectorise/Builtins/ compiler/stage2/build/Vectorise/Generic/ compiler/stage2/build/Vectorise/Monad/ compiler/stage2/build/Vectorise/Type/ compiler/stage2/build/Vectorise/Utils/ compiler/stage2/build/X86/; do if test ! -d $dir; then mkdir -p $dir; fi done grep -v ' : [a-zA-Z]:/' compiler/stage2/build/.depend-v-p-dyn.haskell.tmp > compiler/stage2/build/.depend-v-p-dyn.haskell.tmp2 sed '/hs$/ p ; /hs$/ s/o /hi /g ; /hs$/ s/:/ : %hi: %o / ; /hs$/ s/^/$(eval $(call hi-rule,/ ; /hs$/ s/$/))/ ; /hs-boot$/ p ; /hs-boot$/ s/o-boot /hi-boot /g ; /hs-boot$/ s/:/ : %hi-boot: %o-boot / ; /hs-boot$/ s/^/$(eval $(call hi-rule,/ ; /hs-boot$/ s/$/))/' compiler/stage2/build/.depend-v-p-dyn.haskell.tmp2 > compiler/stage2/build/.depend-v-p-dyn.haskell make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/«PKGBUILDDIR»' make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 Can anyone tell already from what the problem is, and preferably how to fix it? Greetings, Joachim -- Joachim “nomeata” Breitner mail@joachim-breitner.de • http://www.joachim-breitner.de/ Jabber: nomeata@joachim-breitner.de • GPG-Key: 0x4743206C Debian Developer: nomeata@debian.org