#1717: ghc-6.8 configure does not recognise 32bit userland on ppc64
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: reopened
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.8.3
Component: Build System | Version: 6.8
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: Easy (1 hr)
Testcase: normal build | Architecture: powerpc64
Os: Linux |
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Changes (by simonmar):
* priority: low => normal
* difficulty: Unknown => Easy (1 hr)
* status: closed => reopened
* resolution: wontfix =>
* milestone: 6.8.2 => 6.8.3
Comment:
Re-opening. It seems there are Linux/x86-64 installations that have the
same behaviour: `uname -m` reports x86-64, but gcc and tools generate x86
binaries.
Plan: detect when this has happened and bail out in configure, perhaps
suggesting the use of `linux32`.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1717#comment:13>
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