Starting with a clean tree I get: "/usr/bin/ghc" -H32m -O -Wall -Werror -H64m -O0 -package-conf libraries/bootstrapping.conf -package-name ghc-7.1 -hide-all-packages -i -icompiler/basicTypes -icompiler/cmm -icompiler/codeGen -icompiler/coreSyn -icompiler/deSugar -icompiler/ghci -icompiler/hsSyn -icompiler/iface -icompiler/llvmGen -icompiler/main -icompiler/nativeGen -icompiler/parser -icompiler/prelude -icompiler/profiling -icompiler/rename -icompiler/simplCore -icompiler/simplStg -icompiler/specialise -icompiler/stgSyn -icompiler/stranal -icompiler/typecheck -icompiler/types -icompiler/utils -icompiler/vectorise -icompiler/stage1/build -icompiler/stage1/build/autogen -Icompiler/stage1/build -Icompiler/stage1/build/autogen -Icompiler/stage1 -Icompiler/../libraries/base/cbits -Icompiler/../libraries/base/include -Icompiler/. -Icompiler/parser -Icompiler/utils -optP-include -optPcompiler/stage1/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package Cabal-1.11.0 -package array-0.3.0.2 -package base-4.3.0.0 -package bin-package-db-0.0.0.0 -package bytestring-0.9.1.8 -package containers-0.4.0.0 -package directory-1.1.0.0 -package filepath-1.2.0.0 -package hpc-0.5.0.6 -package old-time-1.0.0.6 -package process-1.0.1.4 -package unix-2.4.1.0 -Wall -fno-warn-name-shadowing -fno-warn-orphans -XCPP -XMagicHash -XUnboxedTuples -XPatternGuards -XForeignFunctionInterface -XEmptyDataDecls -XTypeSynonymInstances -XMultiParamTypeClasses -XFlexibleInstances -XRank2Types -XScopedTypeVariables -XDeriveDataTypeable -DSTAGE=1 -no-user-package-conf -rtsopts -O -odir compiler/stage1/build -hidir compiler/stage1/build -stubdir compiler/stage1/build -hisuf hi -osuf o -hcsuf hc -c compiler/nativeGen/AsmCodeGen.lhs -o compiler/stage1/build/AsmCodeGen.o compiler/nativeGen/AsmCodeGen.lhs:83:1: parse error on input `*************' make[1]: *** [compiler/stage1/build/AsmCodeGen.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make: *** [all] Error 2 $ ghc -V The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.0.1