[Haskell-cafe] Linux version of ghc-6.8.3 won't intall or run for me: Floating point exception.

Hi, Haskell! I've downloaded the ghc-6.8.3-i386-unknown-linux.tar.bz2 tarball, which I expected to work on my GNU/Linux box (1.2 GHz Athlon, Debian Sarge). I'm new at this game, though I'm thoroughly experienced with (and bear deep battle scars from) GNU software in general. ./configure fails

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Linux version of ghc-6.8.3 won't intall or run for me: Floating point exception.

Hi, Alan - ./configure fails with checking for path to top of build tree... configure: error: cannot determine current directory. Yeah, I got the exact same error yesterday when trying to install a ghc-6.8.3 binary dist on some older machine. Well, since I had 6.8.2 working there, I just

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Linux version of ghc-6.8.3 won't intall or run for me: Floating point exception.

acm: Hi, Haskell! I've downloaded the ghc-6.8.3-i386-unknown-linux.tar.bz2 tarball, which I expected to work on my GNU/Linux box (1.2 GHz Athlon, Debian Sarge). Was there a problem installing GHC from the Debian package system with apt? -- Don ___

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Linux version of ghc-6.8.3 won't intall or run for me: Floating point exception.

On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 11:20:35PM +0200, Johannes Waldmann wrote: ./configure fails with checking for path to top of build tree... configure: error: cannot determine current directory. I guess the 6.8.3 binary does not work because it expects a newer version of libc or whatever. That's

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Linux version of ghc-6.8.3 won't intall or run for me: Floating point exception.

Was there a problem installing GHC from the Debian package system with apt? He said Sarge. I guess the current ghc packages are for Etch only? - J.W. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Linux version of ghc-6.8.3 won't intall or run for me: Floating point exception.

HI THERE, JOHANNES, what a surprise, how are you doing? Remember teaching me the 7-ring 1-count? Might've been at Erlangen, possibly Augsburg, even Berlin, but it was quite a while ago. :-) On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 11:20:35PM +0200, Johannes Waldmann wrote: Hi, Alan - ./configure fails with

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Linux version of ghc-6.8.3 won't intall or run for me: Floating point exception.

Hi, Don! On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 02:24:20PM -0700, Don Stewart wrote: acm: Hi, Haskell! I've downloaded the ghc-6.8.3-i386-unknown-linux.tar.bz2 tarball, which I expected to work on my GNU/Linux box (1.2 GHz Athlon, Debian Sarge). Was there a problem installing GHC from the Debian

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Linux version of ghc-6.8.3 won't intall or run for me: Floating point exception.

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Don Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've downloaded the ghc-6.8.3-i386-unknown-linux.tar.bz2 tarball, which I expected to work on my GNU/Linux box (1.2 GHz Athlon, Debian Sarge). Was there a problem installing GHC from the Debian package system with apt?