Porting GHC to powerpc-unknown-linux

[Donald Bruce Stewart]

dons:
> lunar:
> > I made a first attempt using cross-compiling from a Linux/i386 box. I 
> > followed every instruction on the guide, but the compiler was unusable, 
> > resulting in the following error message :
> > hc-6.0.1: internal error: stg_ap_v_ret
> >     Please report this as a bug to glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org,
> >     or http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/ghc/
> 
> Try (or look at) the new hc-build script from cvs, Simon updated
> that last night.
> 
> Also, see if there is anything in the building guide you might
> have done slightly differently, as the build system is very fragile.

There is a copy of the building guide, built from last night's
cvs here, for people who want to use the new instructions:

    http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/building/sec-porting-ghc.html

-- Don