RE: hsc crashes when compiling GHC 4.06 sources

[Simon Marlow]

> I downloaded the sources from GHC 4.06, made the shallow tree, added a
> build.mk in mk/ with -H80, later with -H80 -O2, made 
> ./configure in ghc/
> and ./configure in the main tree, (copied both .y files because happy
> doesn't work on links done with lndir -- it's only NT), said 
> make boot and
> then
[ blah blah blah *crash* ]

This is just a guess, and Sigbjorn or Reuben might be able to provide more
information, but try compiling the compiler with '-static'.

Cheers,
        Simon