[nhc-bugs] Build Error under nhc98

Malcolm Wallace Malcolm.Wallace@cs.york.ac.uk
Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:21:12 +0100


> > When using the original nhc98 binaries I built from the
> > included C sources, I got a build error while building
> > ...../prelude/Binary/PutBits.gc

> As it turns out, it seems that the correct answer is to set
> "SEARCH = ../$(MACHINE)" -- using ../IO caused segfaults later
> in the build (during the time profiling build).

Thanks for reporting this apparent bug.  I can't reproduce it here,
and it is not clear to me how your proposed solutions work.  At first
glance, those particular changes to the search path should have no
effect on GreenCard.  I suspect that there is something deeper and
more troubling going on.

Regards,
    Malcolm