On 14 June 2004 21:57, Gerd M wrote:

Well I just tried it and that's what happened:

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==fptools== make boot - --no-print-directory -r; in ghc-6.2.1/ghc/utils/ghc-pkg

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ghc-test/usr/bin/ghc -M -optdep-f -optdep.depend -osuf o -H16m -O -cpp -DPKG_TOOL -DWANT_PRETTY -DGHC_PKG_VERSION=6.2.1 Main.hs Package.hs ParsePkgConfLite.hs Main.hs:87: warning: backslash and newline separated by space Main.hs:259: warning: backslash and newline separated by space Main.hs:260: warning: backslash and newline separated by space make all ghc-test/usr/bin/ghc -H16m -O -cpp -DPKG_TOOL -DWANT_PRETTY -DGHC_PKG_VERSION=6.2.1 -c Main.hs -o Main.o -ohi Main.hi Main.hs:87: warning: backslash and newline separated by space Main.hs:259: warning: backslash and newline separated by space Main.hs:260: warning: backslash and newline separated by space Main.hs:87: lexical error in string/character literal make[4]: *** [Main.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** [boot] Error 2 make[2]: *** [boot] Error 1 make[1]: *** [boot] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `ghc-6.2.1/ghc'

This is caused by changes to CPP in recent versions of gcc. Unfortunately it means we can't use string gaps in CPP'd source any more. Until we move to cpphs, I'll have to remove all string gaps from our sources. Sigh. Cheers, Simon