Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: problems installing ghc 6.6 with extralibs (bad interface file)

Indeed, memory was the issue. By the way, serendipitiously, linode.com spontaneously upgraded all virtual root boxen to 256M ram for free right around the time I ran into this, which solved the problem. so, if anyone would like to try haskell in a hosted environment, I can now heartily recommend them :) 2007/2/28, Paul Brown :

On 2/27/07, Seth Gordon wrote:

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Thanks. I incorporated these changes, and it cranks longer now before failing. But still fails, now with a seg fault. According to conventional wisdom, when gcc segfaults on a big compilation job (e.g., the Linux kernel), it could be a sign of a

Thomas Hartman wrote: transient memory error; gcc exercises the RAM so much that the error rate on a typical computer's memory chips can have a practical effect.

I believe that you're probably correct in this case: I was able to get ghc 6.6 + optional packages built on a linode virtual host (guessing from the original poster's prompt) but only after expanding the amount of memory available.

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