[GHC] #1717: ghc-6.8 configure does not recognise 32bit userland on ppc64

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#1717: ghc-6.8 configure does not recognise 32bit userland on ppc64
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 Reporter:  kahl at cas.mcmaster.ca  |          Owner:             
     Type:  bug                   |         Status:  reopened   
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:  6.8.3      
Component:  Build System          |        Version:  6.8        
 Severity:  normal                |     Resolution:             
 Keywords:                        |     Difficulty:  Easy (1 hr)
 Testcase:  normal build          |   Architecture:  powerpc64  
       Os:  Linux                 |  
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Comment (by simonmar):

 We want to do the right thing here, but I'm not sure it's as simple as you
 say.

 If there's a mismatch between `uname -m` and the kind of binaries that gcc
 produces, then who's to say which one is "right"?  You might have
 forgotten to point the build at the correct gcc, or you might have
 forgotten to use `linux32`.  We could guess that you wanted a 32-bit build
 and do that, but we might be wrong.  The best we can do is spot the
 inconsistency and ask the user to resolve it.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1717#comment:15>
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