ghc fails "hello world" on ppc

[Wolfgang Thaller]

>>> I forgot to say that the version is 6.0.1.
>>>
>>> So... can anyone else reproduce this? Is there a stable version of 
>>> the
>>> compiler which I should be using instead? Is there anything I can do
>>> to help fix this bug?
>>
>> I've been playing around with PPC Linux a bit on the weekend, and I 
>> can't
>> reproduce the problem on my Gentoo installation. The GHC 5.04.3 
>> binary package
>> provided on the GHC download page seems to work perfectly.
>
> 5.04.3 works for me too. Were you implying that your Gentoo
> installation was 6.0.1? If so, then I should probably notify the
> Debian people that the problem is likely with their build (although I
> can't imagine what would cause it).
>
> Frederik

No, I didn't want to imply that, sorry for being unclear.
I downloaded the 5.04.3 binary, which worked fine.

I didn't try 6.0.1, but then I checked out the CVS version.
That didn't compile out of the box, but it didn't take long fix the 
problems. I also ported the "registerised compilation" stuff and the 
native code generator over from Mac OS X. That means that GHC 6.2 (to 
be released soon) should compile on PowerPC Linux and work a lot faster 
than previous PowerPC Linux ports.

Cheers,

Wolfgang