[nhc-bugs] nhc98 on netbsd x86_64

[Malcolm Wallace]

On 25 Oct 2013, at 08:22, David Holland wrote:

> I have been updating NetBSD's nhc98 package (to 1.22), and while it
> builds on 32-bit x86, on a 64-bit host the build dies running
> hmake3.config with
> 
>   PreludeList.init: empty list
>   PreludeList.init: empty list
>   PreludeList.init: empty list


My best guess is the same as yours.  nhc98 will only build with a 32-bit environment, since its memory model explicitly expects that.  Building with a 64-bit compiler and the -m32 flag _might_ work, but as you say, it is easy to miss a place where the flag is necessary, but the build system fails to pass it through correctly.

Regards,
    Malcolm