[GHC] #7339: GHC fails to build from source on Alpha

[GHC]

#7339: GHC fails to build from source on Alpha
-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------
    Reporter:  creemj    |       Owner:                     
        Type:  bug       |      Status:  new                
    Priority:  normal    |   Milestone:                     
   Component:  Compiler  |     Version:  7.6.1              
    Keywords:            |          Os:  Linux              
Architecture:  alpha     |     Failure:  Building GHC failed
  Difficulty:  Unknown   |    Testcase:                     
   Blockedby:            |    Blocking:                     
     Related:            |  
-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------
Changes (by igloo):

  * difficulty:  => Unknown


Old description:

> The ghc compiler (version 7.6.1-2 as packaged by Debian in the
> experimental distribution) fails to build from source on the Alpha
> architecture.  The build failure is:
>
> echo 'bindir="/«PKGBUILDDIR»/inplace/bin"'        >> inplace/bin/ghc-
> stage2
> echo 'topdir="/«PKGBUILDDIR»/inplace/lib"'     >> inplace/bin/ghc-
> stage2
> echo 'pgmgcc="/usr/bin/gcc"'            >> inplace/bin/ghc-stage2
> cat ghc/ghc.wrapper               >> inplace/bin/ghc-stage2
> chmod +x                               inplace/bin/ghc-stage2
>   HC [stage 2] utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/GhcUtils.o
>
> utils/haddock/src/Haddock/GhcUtils.hs:1:35:
>     lexical error at character '\n'
> make[2]: *** [utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/GhcUtils.o] Error 1
>
> The full build log is at:
> http://buildd.debian-
> ports.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=ghc&arch=alpha&ver=7.6.1-2&stamp=1349784016
>
> The GHC compiler was bootstrapped with the 7.4.1 compiler.

New description:

 The ghc compiler (version 7.6.1-2 as packaged by Debian in the
 experimental distribution) fails to build from source on the Alpha
 architecture.  The build failure is:
 {{{
 echo 'bindir="/«PKGBUILDDIR»/inplace/bin"'        >> inplace/bin/ghc-
 stage2
 echo 'topdir="/«PKGBUILDDIR»/inplace/lib"'     >> inplace/bin/ghc-stage2
 echo 'pgmgcc="/usr/bin/gcc"'            >> inplace/bin/ghc-stage2
 cat ghc/ghc.wrapper               >> inplace/bin/ghc-stage2
 chmod +x                               inplace/bin/ghc-stage2
   HC [stage 2] utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/GhcUtils.o

 utils/haddock/src/Haddock/GhcUtils.hs:1:35:
     lexical error at character '\n'
 make[2]: *** [utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/GhcUtils.o] Error 1
 }}}
 The full build log is at:
 http://buildd.debian-
 ports.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=ghc&arch=alpha&ver=7.6.1-2&stamp=1349784016

 The GHC compiler was bootstrapped with the 7.4.1 compiler.

--

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7339#comment:2>
GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/>
The Glasgow Haskell Compiler