VS:
>  gmake[2]: execvp: ghc-0.29: Arg list too long
>  gmake[2]: *** [hsc] Error 127

Further to my last message, here are the Collected Sayings of the
Prophet Finne on the matter:

> you're fighting with ARG_MAX, try invoking make as follows:
>   
>  foo% env PATH=$PATH make
> 
> (the Makefile has got a note buried within it about this)

and:

> Sigh, you may be able to get a bit further if you use bash as your
> SHELL rather than /bin/sh, i.e., make all SHELL=bash
> 
> If not, a (temporary) workaround is included in the following patches 
> 
>  ftp://ftp.dcs.gla.ac.uk/pub/haskell/glasgow/working/ghc-2.03-make.patch
> 
> where you have to set the environment variable REAL_SHELL to a
> non-broken shell.

I hope either of these mysterious incantations help; I presume from
the above I didn't hit the problem as I'm a tcsh (ab)user.  (So I
haven't tried either, and don't blame me if they don't work.)  ;-)

Cheers,
Alex.

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