Dimitry Golubovsky wrote:

2. Error while assembling (or mangling?) ForeignObj.lhs; fragments of make output below (long lines wrapped/truncated, the whole file is too long to post it here but I'll provide it if needed):

This one has been fixed by installing gcc-2.95.2 and building using it. I am not very much familiar with the new GHC Wiki; does there exist a page on "tools compatibility" or similar? Dimitry

Dimitry Golubovsky wrote:

I have encountered two issues trying to build ghc-6.4.1 from the source tarball.

1. (fixed) GNU make v 3.79 does not work (was discussed on irc yesterday: at least two people including myself got this issue), v 3.80 works. If not already in FAQ/wiki perhaps worth including.

Thanks, I've added this to the building guide and added a test to the build system to detect 3.79 and complain.

2. Error while assembling (or mangling?) ForeignObj.lhs; fragments of make output below (long lines wrapped/truncated, the whole file is too long to post it here but I'll provide it if needed):

This one looks like a bad interaction between your gcc version and the mangler. Probably not worth investigating in detail, since you already worked around it by installing an updated gcc.

I am not very much familiar with the new GHC Wiki; does there exist a page on "tools compatibility" or similar?

Not yet, there's a page in the building guide: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/building/sec-pre-supposed.html It would probably be a good idea to move all this material into the Wiki at some point. Cheers, Simon