[ ghc-Bugs-686622 ] Shell syntax error when building from source

Bugs item #686622, was opened at 2003-02-14 16:35
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Category: Build System
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: John A. Murdie (jamurdie)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Shell syntax error when building from source

Initial Comment:
When attempting to build 5.04.2 from source on a
Slackware 8.1
Linux system and the following commands, I see:

$ rpm2tgz ghc-5.04.2-1.src.rpm
$ cd ghc-5.04.2
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/ghc-5.04.2
--enable-hopengl --with-x --with-Mesa

$ make
...
Creating main/Config.hs ... done.
rm -f prelude/primops.txt
gcc -E  -I../includes -traditional    -x c
prelude/primops.txt.pp | /usr/bin/sed -e '/^#/d' >
prelude/primops.txt
../utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode --data-decl      
   < prelude/primops.txt > primop-data-decl.hs-incl
/bin/sh: ../utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode: No such
file or directory
make[2]: *** [primop-data-decl.hs-incl] Error 127
make[1]: *** [boot] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/usr/local/src/ghc/ghc-5.04.2/ghc'
make: *** [all] Error 1
$

I think I've followed the `Building from source'
chapter of the
`Building' document carefully.

I can supply more detail if you wish.

John A. Murdie
Department of Computer Science
University of York
UK

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>Comment By: Simon Marlow (simonmar)
Date: 2003-02-17 11:36

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You need to have GHC installed in order to build GHC from 
source.  If you don't have GHC installed, then see the section 
on "Porting GHC" in the building guide.

I thought the documentation mentioned this, but now that I 
look it doesn't seem to, and the error message is far from 
enlightening.  I'll look into fixing these.

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Comment By: John A. Murdie (jamurdie)
Date: 2003-02-14 17:37

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My guess  is that this problem occurred because I haven't
built `Happy'.
That being so, why ddn't the configure script stop with an
error message
to this effect? Also, there's no mention of the need for
`Happy' in chapter
7 `Building from source' that I can see, only in chapter 6
of the documentation.

Am I right?

John A. Murdie


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Comment By: Simon Marlow (simonmar)
Date: 2003-02-14 17:12

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Please attach the complete log of the build, including the 
configure output.

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