On 7 feb 2010, at 19:52, Lars Viklund wrote:
On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 05:12:23PM +0000, Ben Millwood wrote:
This failed with just the text "Bus error". I searched the HTTPBis git repository, but couldn't find the text "Bus error". I don't have a clue of how to fix this. "Bus error" is a message generated by the operating system. On OS X, it can mean a null dereference, which is very unusual.
You did not mention whether the machine running your OS X was a PowerPC or an "Intel" machine.
On non-x86 platforms, a bus error is usually caused by misaligned memory accesses. Unlike the x86 which silently and expensively fixes any misaligned accesses, sane processors kick and scream, resulting in a bus error.
Such things tend to happen quite often when development of a software mainly takes place on x86 family chips, and are revealed when some poor soul on an UltraSparcIII tries to run them.
I'm on X86, Snow Leopard. I'm running GHC 6.10.2. -chris