current CVS version doesn't compile

Simon Marlow simonmar@microsoft.com
Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:41:24 +0100


=20
> I'm trying to compile the latest version of GHC from CVS on Linux, but
> the build reproducibly fails at this point:
>=20
>     main/SysTools.lhs:703:
>         Couldn't match `IO ExitCode' against `t -> t1'
>             Expected type: IO ExitCode
>             Inferred type: t -> t1
>         Probable cause: `rawSystem' is applied to too many=20
> arguments in the call
>             (rawSystem pgm real_args)
>         In a 'do' expression: exit_code <- rawSystem pgm real_args
>     make[2]: *** [stage1/main/SysTools.o] Error 1
>     make[1]: *** [all] Error 1
>     make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/ghc-current/ghc'
>=20
> Does anyone have an idea what's going wrong here?

What version of GHC are you compiling with?

Cheers,
	Simon