#1717: ghc-6.8 configure does not recognise 32bit userland on ppc64
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner: simonmar
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.8.1
Component: Build System | Version: 6.8
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: Unknown
Os: Linux | Testcase: normal build
Architecture: powerpc64 |
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Comment (by guest):
'''man linux32''' redirects me to '''man setarch''' and documents that the
only thing it does is changing the output of '''uname -m''', in my case
from ppc64 to ppc.
'''man uname''' says "''print the machine hardware name''" for -m, so this
seems to me not quite the right test to figure out the userland on
hardware that supports several.
As I pointed out in a previous comment, GHC's config.log contains
{{{
Using built-in specs. Target: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu
}}}
I am no autotools expert, but I would expect that there should be some way
to actually use this.
For me personally, the issue is solved with the '''--build=powerpc-
unknown-linux''' flag, and if you put either that or the linux32 hint
(assuming that works) into the INSTALL file, this should take care of the
problem for most users.
But ideally, a GHC release should not fail to build out of the box on one
of its own nightly test build machines...
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1717#comment:6>
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