building ghc needs ghci?

[Matthias Kilian]

This can't be true:

"inplace/bin/ghc-stage2"   -H32m -O    -package-name dph-seq-0.4.0 -hide-all-packages -i -ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/../dph-common -ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build/autogen -Ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -Ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build/autogen -Ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/.    -optP-include -optPlibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package array-0.3.0.0 -package base-4.2.0.0 -package dph-base-0.4.0 -package dph-prim-seq-0.4.0 -package ghc-6.13.20100314 -package ghc-prim-0.2.0.0 -package random-1.0.0.2 -package template-haskell-2.4.0.0  -Odph -funbox-strict-fields -haddock -fcpr-off -fdph-this -package-name dph-seq -XTypeFamilies -XGADTs -XRankNTypes -XBangPatterns -XMagicHash -XUnboxedTuples -XTypeOperators -O -fgenerics -fasm -fno-warn-deprecated-flags -Wwarn     -odir libraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -hidir libraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -stubdir libraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -hisuf hi -osuf  o -hcsuf hc -c libraries/dph/dph-seq/../dph-common/Data/Array/Parallel/Lifted/Unboxed.hs -o libraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build/Data/Array/Parallel/Lifted/Unboxed.o
"inplace/bin/ghc-stage2"   -H32m -O    -package-name dph-seq-0.4.0 -hide-all-packages -i -ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/../dph-common -ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build/autogen -Ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -Ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build/autogen -Ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/.    -optP-include -optPlibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package array-0.3.0.0 -package base-4.2.0.0 -package dph-base-0.4.0 -package dph-prim-seq-0.4.0 -package ghc-6.13.20100314 -package ghc-prim-0.2.0.0 -package random-1.0.0.2 -package template-haskell-2.4.0.0  -Odph -funbox-strict-fields -haddock -fcpr-off -fdph-this -package-name dph-seq -XTypeFamilies -XGADTs -XRankNTypes -XBangPatterns -XMagicHash -XUnboxedTuples -XTypeOperators -O -fgenerics -fasm -fno-warn-deprecated-flags -Wwarn     -odir libraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -hidir libraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -stubdir libraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -hisuf hi -osuf  o -hcsuf hc -c libraries/dph/dph-seq/../dph-common/Data/Array/Parallel/Lifted/Selector.hs -o libraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build/Data/Array/Parallel/Lifted/Selector.o
"inplace/bin/ghc-stage2"   -H32m -O    -package-name dph-seq-0.4.0 -hide-all-packages -i -ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/../dph-common -ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build/autogen -Ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -Ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build/autogen -Ilibraries/dph/dph-seq/.    -optP-include -optPlibraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package array-0.3.0.0 -package base-4.2.0.0 -package dph-base-0.4.0 -package dph-prim-seq-0.4.0 -package ghc-6.13.20100314 -package ghc-prim-0.2.0.0 -package random-1.0.0.2 -package template-haskell-2.4.0.0  -Odph -funbox-strict-fields -haddock -fcpr-off -fdph-this -package-name dph-seq -XTypeFamilies -XGADTs -XRankNTypes -XBangPatterns -XMagicHash -XUnboxedTuples -XTypeOperators -O -fgenerics -fasm -fno-warn-deprecated-flags -Wwarn     -odir libraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -hidir libraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -stubdir libraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build -hisuf hi -osuf  o -hcsuf hc -c libraries/dph/dph-seq/../dph-common/Data/Array/Parallel/Lifted/PArray.hs -o libraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build/Data/Array/Parallel/Lifted/PArray.o
ghc-stage2: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
  (GHC version 6.13.20100314 for x86_64-unknown-openbsd):
        Cant do annotations without GHCi
    {59:20-31}ghc-6.13.20100314:SpecConstr.NoSpecConstr{d rap}

Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug

gmake[1]: *** [libraries/dph/dph-seq/dist-install/build/Data/Array/Parallel/Lifted/PArray.o] Error 1
gmake: *** [all] Error 2


Does anyone here care about portability? Some time ago (about three
years) someone told me that portability is an imporant goal for
ghc. Given that you now even need ghci to build ghc, this portability
claim is obviously a lie.