new build system build fails on Solaris/x86

[Christian Maeder]

How did you call gmake? editline is not needed for ghc. When building
the libraries with the stage1 compiler I get:

...
&& touch stamp/configure.library.build-profiling-splitting.editline ||
 touch editline/unbuildable
Configuring editline-0.2.1.0...
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for tputs in -lncurses... yes
checking for el_init... no
checking for readline... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/local/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/local/bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... no
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking editline/readline.h usability... no
checking editline/readline.h presence... no
checking for editline/readline.h... no
checking editline/editline.h usability... no
checking editline/editline.h presence... no
checking for editline/editline.h... no
checking readline/readline.h usability... yes
checking readline/readline.h presence... yes
checking for readline/readline.h... yes
checking for sign of read_history result on error... negative
checking for rl_completion_matches... no
checking for completion_matches... no
configure: error: editline not found, so this package cannot be built
See `config.log' for more details.
if ifBuildable/ifBuildable
/export/local2/home/maeder/haskell/ghc-6.10.1/packages editline; then \
  cd editline &&
....

I've no idea what your patch changes.
Cheers Christian

Karel Gardas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I attempt to test new build system on solaris/x86 platform and after
> applying patch from here:
> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2951 I've been able to boot
> and configure the tree. On the other hand build alone fails with:
> 
> checking for unistd.h... yes
> checking editline/readline.h usability... no
> checking editline/readline.h presence... no
> checking for editline/readline.h... no
> checking editline/editline.h usability... no
> checking editline/editline.h presence... no
> checking for editline/editline.h... no
> checking readline/readline.h usability... no
> checking readline/readline.h presence... no
> checking for readline/readline.h... no
> checking for sign of read_history result on error... negative
> checking for rl_completion_matches... no
> checking for completion_matches... no
> configure: error: editline not found, so this package cannot be built
> See `config.log' for more details.
> gmake[1]: *** [libraries/editline/dist-install/package-data.mk] Error 1
> gmake: *** [all] Error 2
> karel at silence:/tmp/ghc-new-build-system$
> 
> Do you have any idea how to proceed or what exactly to install?
> 
> Thanks,
> Karel