Installation problem on suse 9.0.

[Simon Marlow]

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> i have running ghc on suse 7.3, but i can't install it on 
> suse 9.0. the
> next error is raising during the HC files compilation:
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> ...
> CTypes.hc:55265: warning: (near initialization for
> `CTypes_tpl890_closure.payload') CTypes.hc:55297: warning: excess
> elements in array initializer
> CTypes.hc:55297: warning: (near initialization for
> `CTypes_tpl891_closure.payload') CTypes.hc:55324: warning: excess
> elements in array initializer
> CTypes.hc:55324: warning: (near initialization for
> `CTypes_zdfReadCChar_closure.payload') CTypes.hc:55324: 
> warning: excess
> elements in array initializer
> CTypes.hc:55324: warning: (near initialization for
> `CTypes_zdfReadCChar_closure.payload') CTypes.hc:55324: 
> warning: excess
> elements in array initializer
> CTypes.hc:55324: warning: (near initialization for
> `CTypes_zdfReadCChar_closure.payload') Prologue junk?: czvw_ret:
>         movl    $0, 16(%esp)
>         movl    $0, 20(%esp)
>         movl    $0, 8(%esp)
>         movl    $0, 12(%esp)
> 
> gmake[2]: *** [CTypes.o] Error 255
> gmake[1]: *** [all] Error 1
> gmake: *** [all] Error 1

Which GHC version are you compiling?  Which GHC vesrion are you using to
compile it?  It might be related to a newer version of gcc: what version
is installed on your system?

Cheers,
	Simon