I presume you're on Windows? MSYS or Cygwin? Which version of gcc?

MSYS 1.0.11 and MinGW GCC 4.4.0 (it's installed and on PATH it's put before ghc, but I don't know whether ghc will use this one or the one bundled with it). -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Failed-to-bootstrap-6.10.4-with-itself-on-Windows-%28M... Sent from the Haskell - Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

OK, I've tried ghc's supplied gcc, too (not so easy, I need to set some environment variables first) and here are the results: With ghc's gcc: D:/Sources/ghc/ghc-6.10.4/ghc/stage1-inplace/ghc.exe -package rts-1.0 -optc-O2 - odir dist/build -c cbits/longlong.c -o dist/build/cbits/longlong.o (echo dist/build/cbits/longlong.o `find dist/build -name "*_stub.o" -print`; fin d dist/build/GHC/Bool_split dist/build/GHC/Generics_split dist/build/GHC/Orderin g_split dist/build/GHC/PrimopWrappers_split dist/build/GHC/IntWord32_split dist/ build/GHC/IntWord64_split dist/build/GHC/Tuple_split dist/build/GHC/Types_split dist/build/GHC/Unit_split -name '*.o' -print) | xargs c:/ghc/bin/ar.exe q dist/ build/libHSghc-prim-0.1.0.0.a xargs: c:/ghc/bin/ar.exe: Bad file number make[2]: *** [dist/build/libHSghc-prim-0.1.0.0.a] Error 126 make[2]: Leaving directory `/d/Sources/ghc/ghc-6.10.4/libraries/ghc-prim' make[1]: *** [make.library.ghc-prim] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/d/Sources/ghc/ghc-6.10.4/libraries' make: *** [stage1] Error 2 With gcc 4.4.0: d:/Sources/ghc/ghc-6.10.4/ghc/stage1-inplace/ghc -optc-O -optc-Wall -optc-W -opt c-Wstrict-prototypes -optc-Wmissing-prototypes -optc-Wmissing-declarations -optc -Winline -optc-Waggregate-return -optc-I../includes -optc-I. -optc-Iparallel -op tc-Ism -optc-DCOMPILING_RTS -optc-fomit-frame-pointer -optc-I../gmp/gmpbuild -op tc-I../libffi/build/include -optc-fno-strict-aliasing -fvia-C -static -I../gmp /gmpbuild -I../libffi/build/include -I. -dcmm-lint -hisuf thr_hi -hcsuf thr_hc -osuf thr_o -optc-DTHREADED_RTS -c Capability.c -o Capability.thr_o Capability.c: In function 'giveCapabilityToTask': Capability.c:257:0: error: cannot convert to a pointer type make[2]: *** [Capability.thr_o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/d/Sources/ghc/ghc-6.10.4/rts' make: *** [stage1] Error 2

FYI, if you want your GHC build to work on Windows, it is best to use the same tools that we do

It's the same as using ghc's supplied gcc, right (other requirements from the page already fulfilled)? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Failed-to-bootstrap-6.10.4-with-itself-on-Windows-%28M... Sent from the Haskell - Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.