Re: ghc fails "hello world" on ppc

>>>> I forgot to say that the version is 6.0.1.
>>>>
>>>> So... can anyone else reproduce this? Is there a stable version of
>>>> the
>>>> compiler which I should be using instead? Is there anything I can do
>>>> to help fix this bug?
>>>
>>> I've been playing around with PPC Linux a bit on the weekend, and I
>>> can't
>>> reproduce the problem on my Gentoo installation. The GHC 5.04.3
>>> binary package
>>> provided on the GHC download page seems to work perfectly.
>>
>> 5.04.3 works for me too. Were you implying that your Gentoo
>> installation was 6.0.1? If so, then I should probably notify the
>> Debian people that the problem is likely with their build (although I
>> can't imagine what would cause it).
>>
>> Frederik
>
> No, I didn't want to imply that, sorry for being unclear.
> I downloaded the 5.04.3 binary, which worked fine.
>
> I didn't try 6.0.1, but then I checked out the CVS version.
> That didn't compile out of the box, but it didn't take long fix the
> problems. I also ported the "registerised compilation" stuff and the
> native code generator over from Mac OS X. That means that GHC 6.2 (to
> be released soon) should compile on PowerPC Linux and work a lot
> faster than previous PowerPC Linux ports.

Excellent, thanks.

Frederik