This was causing the error: version = tail "\ \ GHC_PKG_VERSION" However, when i moved it all in one line it worked and i got as far as this but i think that's the end of the line for now: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==fptools== make boot -wr; in ghc-6.2.1/ghc/compiler ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ../../glafp-utils/mkdirhier/mkdirhier stage1 mkdir stage1 for i in utils basicTypes types hsSyn prelude rename typecheck deSugar coreSyn specialise simplCore stranal stgSyn simplStg codeGen absCSyn main profiling parser cprAnalysis compMan ndpFlatten cbits ghci; do \ ../../glafp-utils/mkdirhier/mkdirhier stage1/$i; \ done mkdir stage1/utils mkdir stage1/basicTypes mkdir stage1/types mkdir stage1/hsSyn mkdir stage1/prelude mkdir stage1/rename mkdir stage1/typecheck mkdir stage1/deSugar mkdir stage1/coreSyn mkdir stage1/specialise mkdir stage1/simplCore mkdir stage1/stranal mkdir stage1/stgSyn mkdir stage1/simplStg mkdir stage1/codeGen mkdir stage1/absCSyn mkdir stage1/main mkdir stage1/profiling mkdir stage1/parser mkdir stage1/cprAnalysis mkdir stage1/compMan mkdir stage1/ndpFlatten mkdir stage1/cbits mkdir stage1/ghci for i in */*hi-boot*; do \ ln -s -f ../../$i stage1/$i || true ; \ done ln: creating symbolic link `stage1/nativeGen/MachMisc.hi-boot' to `../../nativeGen/MachMisc.hi-boot': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `stage1/nativeGen/MachMisc.hi-boot-5' to `../../nativeGen/MachMisc.hi-boot-5': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `stage1/nativeGen/MachMisc.hi-boot-6' to `../../nativeGen/MachMisc.hi-boot-6': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `stage1/nativeGen/Stix.hi-boot' to `../../nativeGen/Stix.hi-boot': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `stage1/nativeGen/StixPrim.hi-boot' to `../../nativeGen/StixPrim.hi-boot': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `stage1/nativeGen/StixPrim.hi-boot-5' to `../../nativeGen/StixPrim.hi-boot-5': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `stage1/nativeGen/StixPrim.hi-boot-6' to `../../nativeGen/StixPrim.hi-boot-6': No such file or directory Creating main/Config.hs ... done. gcc -E -undef -traditional -I../includes -x c prelude/primops.txt.pp | /bin/sed -e '/^#/d' > prelude/primops.txt ../utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode --data-decl < prelude/primops.txt > primop-data-decl.hs-incl ../utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode --primop-tag < prelude/primops.txt > primop-tag.hs-incl ../utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode --primop-list < prelude/primops.txt > primop-list.hs-incl ../utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode --has-side-effects < prelude/primops.txt > primop-has-side-effects.hs-incl ../utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode --out-of-line < prelude/primops.txt > primop-out-of-line.hs-incl ../utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode --commutable < prelude/primops.txt > primop-commutable.hs-incl ../utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode --needs-wrapper < prelude/primops.txt > primop-needs-wrapper.hs-incl ../utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode --can-fail < prelude/primops.txt > primop-can-fail.hs-incl ../utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode --strictness < prelude/primops.txt > primop-strictness.hs-incl ../utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode --primop-primop-info < prelude/primops.txt > primop-primop-info.hs-incl touch .depend-BASE ghc-test/usr/bin/ghc -M -optdep-f -optdep.depend-BASE -osuf o -I../includes -H16m -O -iutils -ibasicTypes -itypes -ihsSyn -iprelude -irename -itypecheck -ideSugar -icoreSyn -ispecialise -isimplCore -istranal -istgSyn -isimplStg -icodeGen -iabsCSyn -imain -iprofiling -iparser -icprAnalysis -icompMan -indpFlatten -icbits -ighci -DOMIT_NATIVE_CODEGEN -DGHCI -package haskell-src -package unix -package readline -cpp -fglasgow-exts -Rghc-timing -I. -IcodeGen -InativeGen -Iparser -recomp -Rghc-timing -H16M '-#include "hschooks.h"' absCSyn/AbsCSyn.lhs absCSyn/AbsCUtils.lhs absCSyn/CLabel.lhs absCSyn/CStrings.lhs absCSyn/Costs.lhs absCSyn/MachOp.hs absCSyn/PprAbsC.lhs basicTypes/BasicTypes.lhs basicTypes/DataCon.lhs basicTypes/Demand.lhs basicTypes/FieldLabel.lhs basicTypes/Id.lhs basicTypes/IdInfo.lhs basicTypes/Literal.lhs basicTypes/MkId.lhs basicTypes/Module.lhs basicTypes/Name.lhs basicTypes/NameEnv.lhs basicTypes/NameSet.lhs basicTypes/NewDemand.lhs basicTypes/OccName.lhs basicTypes/RdrName.lhs basicTypes/SrcLoc.lhs basicTypes/UniqSupply.lhs basicTypes/Unique.lhs basicTypes/Var.lhs basicTypes/VarEnv.lhs basicTypes/VarSet.lhs codeGen/Bitmap.hs codeGen/CgBindery.lhs codeGen/CgCase.lhs codeGen/CgClosure.lhs codeGen/CgCon.lhs codeGen/CgConTbls.lhs codeGen/CgExpr.lhs codeGen/CgHeapery.lhs codeGen/CgLetNoEscape.lhs codeGen/CgMonad.lhs codeGen/CgRetConv.lhs codeGen/CgStackery.lhs codeGen/CgTailCall.lhs codeGen/CgUpdate.lhs codeGen/CgUsages.lhs codeGen/ClosureInfo.lhs codeGen/CodeGen.lhs codeGen/SMRep.lhs compMan/CompManager.lhs coreSyn/CoreFVs.lhs coreSyn/CoreLint.lhs coreSyn/CorePrep.lhs coreSyn/CoreSyn.lhs coreSyn/CoreTidy.lhs coreSyn/CoreUnfold.lhs coreSyn/CoreUtils.lhs coreSyn/ExternalCore.lhs coreSyn/MkExternalCore.lhs coreSyn/PprCore.lhs coreSyn/PprExternalCore.lhs coreSyn/Subst.lhs cprAnalysis/CprAnalyse.lhs deSugar/Check.lhs deSugar/Desugar.lhs deSugar/DsArrows.lhs deSugar/DsBinds.lhs deSugar/DsCCall.lhs deSugar/DsExpr.lhs deSugar/DsForeign.lhs deSugar/DsGRHSs.lhs deSugar/DsListComp.lhs deSugar/DsMeta.hs deSugar/DsMonad.lhs deSugar/DsUtils.lhs deSugar/Match.lhs deSugar/MatchCon.lhs deSugar/MatchLit.lhs ghci/ByteCodeAsm.lhs ghci/ByteCodeFFI.lhs ghci/ByteCodeGen.lhs ghci/ByteCodeInstr.lhs ghci/ByteCodeItbls.lhs ghci/ByteCodeLink.lhs ghci/InteractiveUI.hs ghci/Linker.lhs ghci/ObjLink.lhs hsSyn/Convert.lhs hsSyn/HsBinds.lhs hsSyn/HsCore.lhs hsSyn/HsDecls.lhs hsSyn/HsExpr.lhs hsSyn/HsImpExp.lhs hsSyn/HsLit.lhs hsSyn/HsPat.lhs hsSyn/HsSyn.lhs hsSyn/HsTypes.lhs main/BinIface.hs main/CmdLineOpts.lhs main/CodeOutput.lhs main/Config.hs main/Constants.lhs main/DriverFlags.hs main/DriverMkDepend.hs main/DriverPhases.hs main/DriverPipeline.hs main/DriverState.hs main/DriverUtil.hs main/ErrUtils.lhs main/Finder.lhs main/GetImports.hs main/HscMain.lhs main/HscStats.lhs main/HscTypes.lhs main/Interpreter.hs main/Main.hs main/MkIface.lhs main/Packages.lhs main/ParsePkgConf.hs main/SysTools.lhs main/TidyPgm.lhs ndpFlatten/FlattenInfo.hs ndpFlatten/FlattenMonad.hs ndpFlatten/Flattening.hs ndpFlatten/NDPCoreUtils.hs ndpFlatten/PArrAnal.hs parser/Ctype.lhs parser/LexCore.hs parser/Lexer.hs parser/Parser.hs parser/ParserCore.hs parser/ParserCoreUtils.hs parser/RdrHsSyn.lhs prelude/ForeignCall.lhs prelude/PrelInfo.lhs prelude/PrelNames.lhs prelude/PrelRules.lhs prelude/PrimOp.lhs prelude/PrimRep.lhs prelude/TysPrim.lhs prelude/TysWiredIn.lhs profiling/CostCentre.lhs profiling/SCCfinal.lhs rename/RnBinds.lhs rename/RnEnv.lhs rename/RnExpr.lhs rename/RnHiFiles.lhs rename/RnHsSyn.lhs rename/RnIfaces.lhs rename/RnNames.lhs rename/RnSource.lhs rename/RnTypes.lhs simplCore/CSE.lhs simplCore/FloatIn.lhs simplCore/FloatOut.lhs simplCore/LiberateCase.lhs simplCore/OccurAnal.lhs simplCore/SAT.lhs simplCore/SATMonad.lhs simplCore/SetLevels.lhs simplCore/SimplCore.lhs simplCore/SimplMonad.lhs simplCore/SimplUtils.lhs simplCore/Simplify.lhs simplStg/SRT.lhs simplStg/SimplStg.lhs simplStg/StgStats.lhs specialise/Rules.lhs specialise/SpecConstr.lhs specialise/Specialise.lhs stgSyn/CoreToStg.lhs stgSyn/StgLint.lhs stgSyn/StgSyn.lhs stranal/DmdAnal.lhs stranal/SaAbsInt.lhs stranal/SaLib.lhs stranal/StrictAnal.lhs stranal/WorkWrap.lhs stranal/WwLib.lhs typecheck/Inst.lhs typecheck/TcArrows.lhs typecheck/TcBinds.lhs typecheck/TcClassDcl.lhs typecheck/TcDefaults.lhs typecheck/TcDeriv.lhs typecheck/TcEnv.lhs typecheck/TcExpr.lhs typecheck/TcForeign.lhs typecheck/TcGenDeriv.lhs typecheck/TcHsSyn.lhs typecheck/TcIfaceSig.lhs typecheck/TcInstDcls.lhs typecheck/TcMType.lhs typecheck/TcMatches.lhs typecheck/TcMonoType.lhs typecheck/TcPat.lhs typecheck/TcRnDriver.lhs typecheck/TcRnMonad.lhs typecheck/TcRnTypes.lhs typecheck/TcRules.lhs typecheck/TcSimplify.lhs typecheck/TcSplice.lhs typecheck/TcTyClsDecls.lhs typecheck/TcTyDecls.lhs typecheck/TcType.lhs typecheck/TcUnify.lhs types/Class.lhs types/FunDeps.lhs types/Generics.lhs types/InstEnv.lhs types/PprType.lhs types/TyCon.lhs types/Type.lhs types/TypeRep.lhs types/Variance.lhs utils/Bag.lhs utils/Binary.hs utils/BitSet.lhs utils/Digraph.lhs utils/FastMutInt.lhs utils/FastString.lhs utils/FastTypes.lhs utils/FiniteMap.lhs utils/ListSetOps.lhs utils/Maybes.lhs utils/OrdList.lhs utils/Outputable.lhs utils/Panic.lhs utils/Pretty.lhs utils/PrimPacked.lhs utils/StringBuffer.lhs utils/UnicodeUtil.lhs utils/UniqFM.lhs utils/UniqSet.lhs utils/Util.lhs /tmp/ghc25874.lpp:0: internal compiler error: Aborted Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See URL:http://bugs.gentoo.org/ for instructions. <> make[2]: *** [depend] Error 1 make[1]: *** [boot] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `ghc-6.2.1/ghc' make: *** [build] Error 1 _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail