Re: Linker error when building GHC HEAD on Mac OS

Stefan Holdermans wrote:

I'm trying to build GHC HEAD on Mac OS 10.4.8 (PowerPC), but end up with a linker error:

../compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace -o stage2/ghc-6.7.20070228 -H16m -O -package ghc -Istage2 -cpp -fglasgow-exts -fno-generics -Rghc-timing -I. -IcodeGen -InativeGen -Iparser -Rghc-timing -DGHCI -DDEBUGGER -threaded -fforce-recomp stage2/main/Main.o /usr/bin/ld: warning multiple definitions of symbol _UP

/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/../../../libreadline.dylib(terminal.so) definition of _UP

/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/../../../libncurses.dylib(lib_termcap.o) definition of _UP /usr/bin/ld: warning multiple definitions of symbol _BC

/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/../../../libreadline.dylib(terminal.so) definition of _BC

/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/../../../libncurses.dylib(lib_termcap.o) definition of _BC /usr/bin/ld: warning multiple definitions of symbol _PC

/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/../../../libreadline.dylib(terminal.so) definition of _PC

/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/../../../libncurses.dylib(lib_tputs.o) definition of _PC /usr/bin/ld: Undefined symbols: _stg_interp_constr1_entry _stg_interp_constr2_entry _stg_interp_constr3_entry _stg_interp_constr4_entry _stg_interp_constr5_entry _stg_interp_constr6_entry _stg_interp_constr7_entry _stg_interp_constr8_entry collect2: ld returned 1 exit status <> make[3]: *** [stage2/ghc-6.7.20070228] Error 1 make[2]: *** [stage2/ghc-6.7.20070228] Error 2 make[1]: *** [stage2] Error 2 make: *** [bootstrap2] Error 2

This was a temporary build bug yesterday that is now fixed, sorry for the inconvenience. Cheers, Simon