[GHC] #7154: making GHC from sources with a locally installed GHC 6.12.1 fails

[GHC]

#7154: making GHC  from sources with a locally installed GHC 6.12.1 fails
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    Reporter:  rmg             |       Owner:                     
        Type:  bug             |      Status:  new                
    Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:                     
   Component:  Compiler        |     Version:  7.4.2              
    Keywords:                  |          Os:  Linux              
Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)  |     Failure:  Building GHC failed
  Difficulty:  Unknown         |    Testcase:                     
   Blockedby:                  |    Blocking:                     
     Related:                  |  
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Changes (by igloo):

  * difficulty:  => Unknown


Old description:

> Here is the end of the output of make that followed
> ./configure --prefix=$HOME/Software/haskell/741
>
> "inplace/bin/ghc-stage1"   -H32m -O    -package-name ghc-prim-0.2.0.0
> -hide-all-packages -i -ilibraries/ghc-prim/. -ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-
> install/build -ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen -Ilibraries
> /ghc-prim/dist-install/build -Ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-
> install/build/autogen -Ilibraries/ghc-prim/.    -optP-include
> -optPlibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h
> -package rts-1.0 -split-objs -package-name ghc-prim -XHaskell98 -XCPP
> -XMagicHash -XForeignFunctionInterface -XUnliftedFFITypes -XUnboxedTuples
> -XEmptyDataDecls -XNoImplicitPrelude -O2  -no-user-package-conf -rtsopts
> -odir libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -hidir libraries/ghc-prim
> /dist-install/build -stubdir libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -hisuf
> hi -osuf  o -hcsuf hc -c libraries/ghc-prim/./GHC/Generics.hs -o
> libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics.o
> gcc: --hash-size=31: linker input file unused because linking not done
> gcc: --reduce-memory-overheads: linker input file unused because linking
> not done
> ghc-stage1: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
>   (GHC version 7.4.1 for i386-unknown-linux):
>         X86.Regs.allArgRegs: should not be used!
>
> Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug
>
> make[1]: *** [libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics.o] Error
> 1
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> ---------------------------
>
> Note: configure failed in the first place, but I followed the hint
> at http://passingcuriosity.com/archives/ on 01 Sep 2009 and
> changed the last line of bin/ghc-6.12.1 into
>
> extraoptionen="-optc-m32 -opta-m32 -optl-m32"
>
> exec "$executablename" $extraoptionen -B"$topdir" ${1+"$@"}
>
> This allows configuration. That blog indicates that, later,
> one might need something like -optl-arch\ i386 in that same
> script. I do not know what to do here. I cannot find any of these
> options in the documentation.
>
> I keep the whole output of running make in a file (including redirection
> of error output) and can provide it if needed.

New description:

 Here is the end of the output of make that followed
 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/Software/haskell/741

 {{{
 "inplace/bin/ghc-stage1"   -H32m -O    -package-name ghc-prim-0.2.0.0
 -hide-all-packages -i -ilibraries/ghc-prim/. -ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build -ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen -Ilibraries
 /ghc-prim/dist-install/build -Ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/autogen -Ilibraries/ghc-prim/.    -optP-include
 -optPlibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package
 rts-1.0 -split-objs -package-name ghc-prim -XHaskell98 -XCPP -XMagicHash
 -XForeignFunctionInterface -XUnliftedFFITypes -XUnboxedTuples
 -XEmptyDataDecls -XNoImplicitPrelude -O2  -no-user-package-conf -rtsopts
 -odir libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -hidir libraries/ghc-prim
 /dist-install/build -stubdir libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -hisuf
 hi -osuf  o -hcsuf hc -c libraries/ghc-prim/./GHC/Generics.hs -o libraries
 /ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics.o
 gcc: --hash-size=31: linker input file unused because linking not done
 gcc: --reduce-memory-overheads: linker input file unused because linking
 not done
 ghc-stage1: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
   (GHC version 7.4.1 for i386-unknown-linux):
         X86.Regs.allArgRegs: should not be used!

 Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug

 make[1]: *** [libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics.o] Error
 1
 make: *** [all] Error 2
 }}}

 ---------------------------

 Note: configure failed in the first place, but I followed the hint
 at http://passingcuriosity.com/archives/ on 01 Sep 2009 and
 changed the last line of bin/ghc-6.12.1 into

 extraoptionen="-optc-m32 -opta-m32 -optl-m32"

 exec "$executablename" $extraoptionen -B"$topdir" ${1+"$@"}

 This allows configuration. That blog indicates that, later,
 one might need something like -optl-arch\ i386 in that same
 script. I do not know what to do here. I cannot find any of these
 options in the documentation.

 I keep the whole output of running make in a file (including redirection
 of error output) and can provide it if needed.

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