compiling GHC with a custom path to GCC

[Simon Marlow]

On 18 February 2005 01:02, Donald Bruce Stewart wrote:

> This is a known problem with gcc-2.95.
> We came across it back in September.
> 
> It was noticed in the nightly builds:
>    
> http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/cvs-all/2004-September/035116.html 
> 
> And then we chased it up:
>  
> http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/cvs-all/2004-September/035122.html
> http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/cvs-all/2004-September/035134.html
> http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/cvs-all/2004-September/035259.html
> http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/cvs-all/2004-September/035268.html
> http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/cvs-all/2004-September/035293.html  

Don, thanks for the pointer, I'd completely forgotten about that.

I think I'll be able to install a workaround for 6.4 based on the gcc
version.  I need it at least because FreeBSD 4.x still uses gcc 2.95,
and AFAIK quite a few folks are still using that platform.

Cheers,
	Simon