You do not need perl, xargs, dmake to build GHC. You just need to install MSYS as described.
If you need them for some other reason then fine, but you're on your own. Looks as if you maybe didn't make boot? Did you autroreconf then ./configure etc all as described in the instructions? Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: George Russell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: 03 December 2004 16:02 | To: Simon Peyton-Jones | Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sigbjorn Finne | Subject: Re: Recent compilation for Windows | | Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: | > We still do not have an automated way to build an msi blob. | > | > But it's actually easy to build GHC on windows using MSYS. | | Oh yeah? I have just spent an extremely frustrating few hours | installing in turn happy, alex, dmake (I turned out not to need | this), Perl, and xargs, with the compilation getting further and | further each time before it crashes, only now to be grounded by | the following, for the version ghc-6.3.20041128 (compiling with ghc-6.0.1). | | > ==fptools== make all - --unix -wr; | > in /home/ger/ghc-6.3.20041128/ghc/compiler | > /c/ghc/ghc-6.0.1/bin/ghc -H16 -O -istage1/utils | .... | > -i../lib/compat -c basicTypes/BasicTypes.lhs -o stage1/basicTypes/BasicTypes.o -ohi | stage1/basicTypes/BasicTypes.hi | > | > ./HsVersions.h:81: | > Failed to load interface for 'FastString': | ... | > basicTypes/BasicTypes.lhs:57: | > Module 'FastString' does not export 'FastString' | > | > basicTypes/BasicTypes.lhs:58: | > Failed to load interface for 'Outputable': | | I presume this is because I am using ghc-6.0.1, because I know | that CVS GHC of the 20041128 vintage compiles on Linux. | I've attempted to install Sigbjorn's ghc-6-2-2 MSI, but all I | get is the extremely unhelpful message "Internal Error 2211., Registry". | | I am using Windows XP by the way. | | Could anyone tell me how I proceed? Thanks, | | George Russell _______________________________________________ Cvs-ghc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-ghc
