Fail to compile ghc-6.2 on a Sun/Sparc

[mai99dnn at studserv.uni-leipzig.de]

Ok, with the right versions of gcc and make and great support of my tutor
ghc-6.2 is compiled succesfully on the sun :-)

Thanks to all
Patrick



Am Donnerstag, 15. Januar 2004 12:10 schrieb Simon Marlow:
> > There is the following version installed. The version seems to
> > be greater than that versionnumber that is needed.
> > While I'm waiting I'll compile the gnu-gcc...
> >
> > bash-2.05$ gcc --version
> > gcc (GCC) 3.2.1
> > Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
> >  There is NO
> > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
> > PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> GCC versions later than 3.x have a bug which affects code generation on
> Sparc and other (non-x86) architectures.  This is most likely the cause
> of your crash. Please install GCC 2.95.
>
> Cheers,
>       Simon