GHC 6.8.3 on PPC Mac OS 10.4

[rzilibowitz@…]

Below is the last excerpt from the build transcript (with the error at the bottom). I am attempting to build the GHC port on Mac OS 10.4 on a PPC G4 iBook.

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echo "import System.Cmd; import System.Environment; import System.Exit" > hsc2hs-inplace.hs
echo "main = do args <- getArgs; rawSystem \"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/work/ghc-6.8.3/utils/hsc2hs/hsc2hs-bin\" (\"--template=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/work/ghc-6.8.3/utils/hsc2hs/template-hsc.h\":\"--cc=gcc\":\"--ld=gcc\":\"--cflag=-D__GLASGOW_HASKELL__=608\":\"-I/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/work/ghc-6.8.3/includes\":\"-I/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/work/ghc-6.8.3/gmp/gmpbuild\":\"-I/opt/local/include\":args) >>= exitWith" >> hsc2hs-inplace.hs
/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/work/ghc-bootstrap/bin/ghc --make hsc2hs-inplace.hs -o hsc2hs-inplace
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( hsc2hs-inplace.hs, hsc2hs-inplace.o )
Linking hsc2hs-inplace ...
/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/work/ghc-bootstrap/bin/ghc -H16m -O -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib -DUSING_COMPAT -i../../compat -ignore-package Cabal -Rghc-timing  -Wall    -c Main.hs -o Main.o  -ohi Main.hi
ghc-6.6.1: internal error: evacuate(static): strange closure type 0
    (GHC version 6.6.1 for powerpc_apple_darwin)
    Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug
make[2]: *** [Main.o] Abort trap
Failed making all in hsc2hs: 1
make[1]: *** [all] Error 1
make: *** [stage1] Error 1

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[rzilibowitz@…]

Replying to jmr@…:

Actually I submitted this bug report prematurely. Turns out it was something wierd going on probably with the hardware. When I tried compiling again this bug did not appear. Never experienced this kind of bug before though. Happened quite a number of times and each time restarting the build process seemed to solve the problem.

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[barracuda156]

Replying to rzilibowitz@…:

Replying to jmr@…:

Actually I submitted this bug report prematurely. Turns out it was something wierd going on probably with the hardware. When I tried compiling again this bug did not appear. Never experienced this kind of bug before though. Happened quite a number of times and each time restarting the build process seemed to solve the problem.

I am getting it now when trying to build ghc 7.8.x for ppc: ​https://trac.macports.org/ticket/64698