GHC 6.2.2 Compile problem on Mac OS X 10.4

[Wolfgang Thaller]

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to make an unregisterised build. As my host machine, i use
> a Mac running Mac OS X 10.4. When building ghc 6.2.2 on the host  
> machine (also running GHC 6.2.2), i get the error attached below  
> when doing 'make all' in ghc/. Does anyone
> have an idea how to solve this ?
>
> thanks,
> Remko


> /tmp/ghc6793.s:83646:Fixup of 78156 too large for field width of 16  
> bits
> /tmp/ghc6793.s:83644:Fixup of 78164 too large for field width of 16  
> bits

It looks like you have -fasm in your mk/build.mk. In 6.2.2, the  
native code generator has a problem that can cause an error like the  
one you encountered, so try removing the -fasm or adding -fvia-C.

Cheers,

Wolfgang