Re: GHC 6.2.1 and FedoraCore2: ar-related build problem, looked like readline problem

Henrik Nilsson wrote:
> [...] So, in summary, there were two problems:
>
>   * The configuration tools somehow thinks the system's "ar"
>     supports "-input".

Hmmm, it should have been detected by configure that this is not the case for
your platform. Could you please send a log of the configuration step and the
resulting config.log?

>   * The build system fails to detect when "ar" failed in the first
>     place.

What is the exit code of "ar" called with "-input" on your platform?

Cheers,
   S.