Alex Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > sh: /home/muth/PACKAGES/fptools/ghc/driver/../compiler/hsc: not found
>
> This is a pretty generic one; the Actual Compiler (TM) has failed to build,
> but gnumake has plowed on regardless, obtaining the above error message
> as soon as it tries to run the (non-existant) Haskell compiler. You'll
> need to backscroll somewhat further through the spam, and see what caused
> the compiler build to fail. Or equally, cd to ghc/compiler, and gmake all
> again.
The fact that 'make' carries on after an error is a bug that's been
plaguing us for ages. I could have *sworn* I fixed it about a month
ago, but it seems the bug has silently crept in again.
For anyone who's interested, here's the patch:
*** target.mk 1997/11/28 13:48:01 1.24
--- target.mk 1997/12/04 12:13:45 1.25
***************
*** 1012,1018 ****
@echo "===fptools== Recursively making \`$@' in $(SUBDIRS) ..."
@echo "PWD = $(shell pwd)"
@echo
"------------------------------------------------------------------------"
! @case '${MFLAGS}' in -*[ik]*) set +e;; *) set -e;; esac; \
for i in $(SUBDIRS) ; do \
echo
"------------------------------------------------------------------------"; \
echo "==fptools== $(MAKE) $@;"; \
--- 1012,1018 ----
@echo "===fptools== Recursively making \`$@' in $(SUBDIRS) ..."
@echo "PWD = $(shell pwd)"
@echo
"------------------------------------------------------------------------"
! @case '${MFLAGS}' in *-[ik]*) set +e;; *) set -e;; esac; \
for i in $(SUBDIRS) ; do \
echo
"------------------------------------------------------------------------"; \
echo "==fptools== $(MAKE) $@;"; \
***************
*** 1026,1032 ****
@echo
"------------------------------------------------------------------------"
dist ::
! @case '${MFLAGS}' in -*[ik]*) set +e;; *) set -e;; esac; \
for i in $(SUBDIRS) ; do \
$(MKDIRHIER_PREFIX)mkdirhier $(SRC_DIST_DIR)/$$i; \
$(MAKE) -C $$i $(MFLAGS) $@ SRC_DIST_DIR=$(SRC_DIST_DIR)/$$i; \
--- 1026,1032 ----
@echo
"------------------------------------------------------------------------"
dist ::
! @case '${MFLAGS}' in *-[ik]*) set +e;; *) set -e;; esac; \
for i in $(SUBDIRS) ; do \
$(MKDIRHIER_PREFIX)mkdirhier $(SRC_DIST_DIR)/$$i; \
$(MAKE) -C $$i $(MFLAGS) $@ SRC_DIST_DIR=$(SRC_DIST_DIR)/$$i; \
***************
*** 1054,1060 ****
@echo "===fptools== Recursively making \`$@' for ways: $(WAYS) ..."
@echo "PWD = $(shell pwd)"
@echo
"------------------------------------------------------------------------"
! @case '${MFLAGS}' in -*[ik]*) set +e;; *) set -e;; esac; \
for i in $(WAYS) ; do \
echo
"------------------------------------------------------------------------"; \
echo "==fptools== $(MAKE) way=$$i $@;"; \
--- 1054,1060 ----
@echo "===fptools== Recursively making \`$@' for ways: $(WAYS) ..."
@echo "PWD = $(shell pwd)"
@echo
"------------------------------------------------------------------------"
! @case '${MFLAGS}' in *-[ik]*) set +e;; *) set -e;; esac; \
for i in $(WAYS) ; do \
echo
"------------------------------------------------------------------------"; \
echo "==fptools== $(MAKE) way=$$i $@;"; \
--
Simon Marlow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
University of Glasgow http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~simonm/
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