Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.0

> Compiling 6.0 from source fails with:
>
> ../../ghc/compiler/ghc-inplace -H16m -O -Wall -fffi -Iinclude '-#include
> "HsOpenGL.h"' -cpp -I/usr/X11R6/include -DCALLCONV=ccall
> '-DGET_PROC_ADDRESS="glXGetProcAddressARB"' -package-name OpenGL -O
> -Rghc-timing  -package base -split-objs    -c
> Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/Extensions.hs -o
> Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/Extensions.o  -ohi
> Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/Extensions.hi
> Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/Extensions.hs:42: parse error on input
> `glXGetProcAddressARB' <<ghc: 3261568 bytes, 2 GCs, 20548/20548 avg/max
> bytes residency (1 samples), 5M in use, 0.00 INIT (0.00 elapsed), 0.01 MUT
> (0.09 elapsed), 0.01 GC (0.03 elapsed) :ghc>> make[2]: ***
> [Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/Extensions.o] Fehler 1
> make[1]: *** [all] Fehler 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/var/tmp/portage/ghc-6.0/work/stage2-build/libraries' make: *** [build]
> Fehler 1

The following patch worked for me (but does it cure the problem?)

irrwisch root # diff 
libraries/OpenGL/Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/Extensions.hs 
libraries/OpenGL/Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/Extensions.hs-orig
42c42
< foreign import CALLCONV unsafe GET_PROC_ADDRESS ::
---
> foreign import CALLCONV unsafe GET_PROC_ADDRESS glXGetProcAddressARB ::

Cheers, Ralf