I want to build ghc-5.02.3 from scratch, where can I find the bootstrap files please? The website says they should be listed among the downloads for the release, but this isn't so.

Bootstrapping from .hc is a particularly tricky process at the moment. Unless you've seen it already, take a look at http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/building/sec-porting-ghc.htm l What platform are you trying to build on? (.hc files are architecture-specific, except for "unregisterised" .hc files). Cheers, Simon