[GHC] #8652: Cross-compiling broken for ARM/Linux target

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#8652: Cross-compiling broken for ARM/Linux target
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       Reporter:  kgardas   |             Owner:
           Type:  bug       |            Status:  new
       Priority:  normal    |         Milestone:
      Component:  Compiler  |           Version:  7.7
       Keywords:            |  Operating System:  Linux
   Architecture:  arm       |   Type of failure:  Building GHC failed
     Difficulty:  Unknown   |         Test Case:
     Blocked By:            |          Blocking:
Related Tickets:            |
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 I've attempted to cross compile GHC HEAD on Ubuntu 13.10 with ubuntu's
 hard-float tool-chain and LLVM. I've configured GHC with:
 {{{
 $ ./configure --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf
 }}}
 and compiling by make works till it fails with:
 {{{
 inplace/bin/deriveConstants --gen-header -o includes/dist-
 derivedconstants/header/DerivedConstants.h --tmpdir includes/dist-
 derivedconstants/header/ --gcc-program "/usr/bin/gcc" --gcc-flag -fno-
 stack-protector --gcc-flag -Iincludes --gcc-flag -Iincludes/dist --gcc-
 flag -Iincludes/dist-derivedconstants/header --gcc-flag -Iincludes/dist-
 ghcconstants/header --gcc-flag -Irts --gcc-flag -fcommon --nm-program
 "/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-nm"
 /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-nm: includes/dist-
 derivedconstants/header/tmp.o: File format not recognized
 deriveConstants: readProcess: /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-nm "includes
 /dist-derivedconstants/header/tmp.o" (exit 1): failed
 make[1]: *** [includes/dist-derivedconstants/header/DerivedConstants.h]
 Error 1
 }}}
 As a workaround for this issue, it's possible to use --with-gcc= and this
 way deriveConstants gets the right cross GCC. Looks like a bug somewhere
 in make machinery or configure itself.

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