[nhc-bugs] Build Error under nhc98

[Brent Fulgham]

> > > 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.
> 

Perhaps it is due to my nhc98 being built with the out-of-sync
'C' sources.  If someone bootstrapped with ghc, perhaps they would not
run into the problem at all?

I'll have to try another bootstrap to see if it recurs.

-Brent