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

[Simon Marlow]

On 15/10/2010 16:35, Mischa Dieterle wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> ----
> 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
> ----
>
>
> 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).

I haven't encountered this problem, but I'm not using Ubuntu 10.10 yet. 
  Please report the bug on the Trac so we don't forget about it.

Cheers,
	Simon



> 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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