[GHC] #3472: Porting through .hc files broken

[GHC]

#3472: Porting through .hc files broken
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    Reporter:  pumpkin           |        Owner:                  
        Type:  bug               |       Status:  new             
    Priority:  normal            |    Milestone:  6.12 branch     
   Component:  Build System      |      Version:  6.12.1 RC1      
    Severity:  normal            |   Resolution:                  
    Keywords:                    |   Difficulty:  Unknown         
    Testcase:                    |           Os:  Unknown/Multiple
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |  
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Changes (by ksf):

 * cc: barsoap at web.de (added)

Comment:

 Solution 2 to issue 2 (running hsc2hs with the target's headers on the
 host) needs a cross-compiler, at least if the system's bytesizes differ.
 Otherwise, offsetof is going to return borkage, even if given the right
 headers.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3472#comment:3>
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