[GHC] #755: GHC 6.4.2 crashes frequently on OSX Tiger 10.4.6

[GHC]

#755: GHC 6.4.2 crashes frequently on OSX Tiger 10.4.6
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    Reporter:  guest     |        Owner:         
        Type:  bug       |       Status:  new    
    Priority:  high      |    Milestone:  6.4.2  
   Component:  Compiler  |      Version:  6.4.2  
    Severity:  major     |     Keywords:  crash  
          Os:  MacOS X   |   Difficulty:  Unknown
Architecture:  powerpc   |  
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I've installed GHC 6.4.2 through darwinports on my OSX Tiger 10.4.6. It
 seems to be fairly unstable, since it has crashed on every attempt to
 compile darcs, hmake and haddock.


 Here's the crash-log (compiling darcs).
 {{{

 Host Name:      Cube
 Date/Time:      2006-04-25 13:29:27.872 -0400
 OS Version:     10.4.6 (Build 8I127)
 Report Version: 4

 Command: ghc-6.4.2
 Path:    /opt/local/lib/ghc-6.4.2/ghc-6.4.2
 Parent:  make [3825]

 Version: ??? (???)

 PID:    3828
 Thread: 0

 Exception:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
 Codes:      KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xfffffffe

 Thread 0 Crashed:
 0   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a678e4 0x1000 + 10905828
 1   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a67b90 0x1000 + 10906512
 2   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a60154 0x1000 + 10875220
 3   ghc-6.4.2           0x00aa9080 0x1000 + 11174016
 4   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a5fb9c 0x1000 + 10873756
 5   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a6077c 0x1000 + 10876796
 6   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a60634 0x1000 + 10876468
 7   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a8bf24 0x1000 + 11054884
 8   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a37818 0x1000 + 10709016
 9   ghc-6.4.2           0x0000239c 0x1000 + 5020
 10  ghc-6.4.2           0x00002244 0x1000 + 4676

 Thread 1:
 0   libSystem.B.dylib   0x9002c128 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 8
 1   libSystem.B.dylib   0x90030bec pthread_cond_wait + 480
 2   ghc-6.4.2           0x00aadbf4 0x1000 + 11193332
 3   ghc-6.4.2           0x00aadf80 0x1000 + 11194240
 4   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a60224 0x1000 + 10875428
 5   ghc-6.4.2           0x00acdd78 0x1000 + 11324792
 6   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a5fb9c 0x1000 + 10873756
 7   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a5f85c 0x1000 + 10872924
 8   ghc-6.4.2           0x00aadc58 0x1000 + 11193432
 9   libSystem.B.dylib   0x9002ba68 _pthread_body + 96

 Thread 2:
 0   libSystem.B.dylib   0x9002c128 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 8
 1   libSystem.B.dylib   0x90030bec pthread_cond_wait + 480
 2   ghc-6.4.2           0x00aadbf4 0x1000 + 11193332
 3   ghc-6.4.2           0x00aae0c4 0x1000 + 11194564
 4   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a5f964 0x1000 + 10873188
 5   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a5f85c 0x1000 + 10872924
 6   ghc-6.4.2           0x00aadc58 0x1000 + 11193432
 7   libSystem.B.dylib   0x9002ba68 _pthread_body + 96

 Thread 0 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
   srr0: 0x0000000000a678e4 srr1: 0x000000000000d030
 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
     cr: 0x28000224          xer: 0x0000000020000004   lr:
 0x0000000000a67b90  ctr: 0x0000000000a67ae4
     r0: 0x0000000000000004   r1: 0x00000000bfffc940   r2:
 0x0000000000000002   r3: 0x0000000001f45738
     r4: 0x0000000000000000   r5: 0x00000000a000416c   r6:
 0x00000000ffffffff   r7: 0x0000000000000001
     r8: 0x0000000000000002   r9: 0x00000000fffffff6  r10:
 0x0000000000000001  r11: 0x0000000001bbf004
    r12: 0x00000000900017b8  r13: 0x0000000000000000  r14:
 0x0000000001cc3110  r15: 0x0000000000be0b48
    r16: 0x0000000001cc3104  r17: 0x0000000000be0094  r18:
 0x0000000001cc2c28  r19: 0x0000000000bdcbb4
    r20: 0x0000000000bdcbb4  r21: 0x0000000000bdcbb4  r22:
 0x0000000001bbedf0  r23: 0x0000000000000000
    r24: 0x0000000001f45b38  r25: 0x0000000001f45738  r26:
 0x0000000000000000  r27: 0x0000000000c2d098
    r28: 0x0000000000000000  r29: 0x0000000001bbede8  r30:
 0x0000000000000002  r31: 0x0000000001bbf004

 Binary Images Description:
     0x1000 -   0xb7afff ghc-6.4.2       /opt/local/lib/ghc-6.4.2/ghc-6.4.2
   0xc37000 -   0xc58fff libreadline.5.0.dylib
 /opt/local/lib/libreadline.5.0.dylib
   0xe05000 -   0xe32fff libgmp.3.dylib  /opt/local/lib/libgmp.3.dylib
 0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe51fff dyld 44.4       /usr/lib/dyld
 0x90000000 - 0x901bbfff libSystem.B.dylib       /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
 0x90213000 - 0x90218fff libmathCommon.A.dylib
 /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
 0x965c1000 - 0x965effff libncurses.5.4.dylib
 /usr/lib/libncurses.5.4.dylib


 }}}

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