compiling GHC with a custom path to GCC

[Simon Marlow]

On 18 February 2005 09:42, Simon Marlow wrote:

> 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.

I've put in a workaround for this problem, which will show up in
tonight's STABLE snapshot.  It works for me on FreeBSD 4.11 with gcc
2.95.4.

Cheers,
	Simon