[nhc-bugs] Problems compiling NHC98 for NetBSD/ix86

[Malcolm Wallace]

Philipp Lucas <phlucas at cs.uni-sb.de> writes:

> I have a problem building NHC98 (1.16 with the GCC-3.3 patch) on NetBSD.
> 
> Line 294 of the Makefile reads:
> 	$(TARGDIR)/$(MACHINE)/compiler-$(CC): $(COMPILERC)
> Unfortunately, the $(COMPILERC) file are not generated:
> 
> gmake: *** Keine Regel vorhanden, um das Target »src/compiler98/*.hc«,
>   benötigt von »targets/ix86-NetBSD/compiler-gcc«, zu erstellen.  Schluss.
> [No rule to create src/compiler98/*.hc.]
> And indeed, from line 199 on there are several rules to create hc files
> for nhc, hbc and ghc, but not for gcc.

The .hc files already exist in the distribution package - they are
not created during a normal build.  Have you issued a "make clean" or
"make realclean"?  These targets remove the .hc files, and the only way
to get them back is to unpack the original distribution tarfile again.

Regards,
    Malcolm