[GHC] #3732: GHC 6.10.4 compilation failure: libffi failed to compile

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#3732: GHC 6.10.4 compilation failure: libffi failed to compile
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    Reporter:  guest   |       Owner:                     
        Type:  bug     |      Status:  new                
    Priority:  normal  |   Component:  Compiler           
     Version:  6.10.4  |    Keywords:                     
          Os:  Linux   |    Testcase:                     
Architecture:  ia64    |     Failure:  Building GHC failed
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 The libffi failed to compile with the error:
 "configure: error: source directory already configured; run "make
 distclean" there first"

 To solve this one must specify the full path when invoking the configure
 script.
 To do this the part of the "ghc-xxx/libffi/Makefile" should be changed to:

 from
             CC=$(WhatGccIsCalled) $(SHELL) configure \
 to
             CC=$(WhatGccIsCalled) $(SHELL) `pwd`/configure \

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3732>
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