ghc-6.12.3 package base - build failure on ubuntu10.10 (works with 10.4)

[Mischa Dieterle]

  Hi,

I'm getting a build failure when I try to compile ghc-6.12 from the 
http://darcs.haskell.org/ghc-6.12 repo.


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ghc-cabal: Missing dependency on a foreign library:
* Missing C library: iconv
This problem can usually be solved by installing the system package that
provides this library (you may need the "-dev" version). If the library is
already installed but in a non-standard location then you can use the flags
--extra-include-dirs= and --extra-lib-dirs= to specify where it is.
make[1]: *** [libraries/base/dist-install/package-data.mk] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2
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I'm using a ubuntu 10.10-64 bit system with libc-bin and libc-dev-bin 
installed. I don't think the problem is a missing iconv library. Maybe 
the problem is in the generated configure script by the new autoconf 
version (autoconf version is 2.67).

Maybe someone can help.

Cheers,
Mischa

Stderr output of ./configure on base module is:

./configure: line 8709: ${ac_cv_search_iconv_t_cd_
______________________cd___iconv_open_____
______________________iconv_cd_NULL_NULL_NULL_NULL__
______________________iconv_close_cd__+set}: bad substitution
./configure: line 8735: ac_cv_search_iconv_t_cd_: command not found
./configure: line 8736: ______________________cd___iconv_open_____: 
command not found
./configure: line 8737: 
______________________iconv_cd_NULL_NULL_NULL_NULL__: command not found
./configure: line 8742: ${ac_cv_search_iconv_t_cd_
______________________cd___iconv_open_____
______________________iconv_cd_NULL_NULL_NULL_NULL__
______________________iconv_close_cd__+set}: bad substitution
./configure: line 8742: ${ac_cv_search_iconv_t_cd_
______________________cd___iconv_open_____
______________________iconv_cd_NULL_NULL_NULL_NULL__
______________________iconv_close_cd__+set}: bad substitution
./configure: line 8746: ${ac_cv_search_iconv_t_cd_
______________________cd___iconv_open_____
______________________iconv_cd_NULL_NULL_NULL_NULL__
______________________iconv_close_cd__+set}: bad substitution
./configure: line 8746: ac_cv_search_iconv_t_cd_: command not found
./configure: line 8747: ______________________cd___iconv_open_____: 
command not found
./configure: line 8748: 
______________________iconv_cd_NULL_NULL_NULL_NULL__: command not found
./configure: line 8751: ______________________cd___iconv_open_____: 
command not found


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./configure: line 8709: ${ac_cv_search_iconv_t_cd_
______________________cd___iconv_open_____
______________________iconv_cd_NULL_NULL_NULL_NULL__
______________________iconv_close_cd__+set}: bad substitution
./configure: line 8735: ac_cv_search_iconv_t_cd_: command not found
./configure: line 8736: ______________________cd___iconv_open_____: command not found
./configure: line 8737: ______________________iconv_cd_NULL_NULL_NULL_NULL__: command not found
./configure: line 8742: ${ac_cv_search_iconv_t_cd_
______________________cd___iconv_open_____
______________________iconv_cd_NULL_NULL_NULL_NULL__
______________________iconv_close_cd__+set}: bad substitution
./configure: line 8742: ${ac_cv_search_iconv_t_cd_
______________________cd___iconv_open_____
______________________iconv_cd_NULL_NULL_NULL_NULL__
______________________iconv_close_cd__+set}: bad substitution
./configure: line 8746: ${ac_cv_search_iconv_t_cd_
______________________cd___iconv_open_____
______________________iconv_cd_NULL_NULL_NULL_NULL__
______________________iconv_close_cd__+set}: bad substitution
./configure: line 8746: ac_cv_search_iconv_t_cd_: command not found
./configure: line 8747: ______________________cd___iconv_open_____: command not found
./configure: line 8748: ______________________iconv_cd_NULL_NULL_NULL_NULL__: command not found
./configure: line 8751: ______________________cd___iconv_open_____: command not found