ghc configure failure

[hammond@…]

I get this error when I try to build ghc on an intel mac with Tiger.

~$ sudo port install ghc
--->  Fetching perl5.8
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for perl5.8
--->  Extracting perl5.8
--->  Applying patches to perl5.8
--->  Configuring perl5.8
--->  Building perl5.8 with target all
--->  Staging perl5.8 into destroot
--->  Installing perl5.8 5.8.8_0+darwin_8
--->  Activating perl5.8 5.8.8_0+darwin_8
--->  Cleaning perl5.8
--->  Fetching ghc
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for ghc
--->  Extracting ghc
--->  Applying patches to ghc
--->  Configuring ghc
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/work/ghc-6.6.1" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --prefix=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/work/destroot//opt/local --mandir=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/work/destroot//opt/local/share/man/ --with-readline-includes=/opt/local/include --with-readline-libraries=/opt/local/lib --disable-openal --disable-alut --with-ghc='/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/work/ghc-bootstrap/bin/ghc' " returned error 77
Command output: checking build system type... i686-apple-darwin8.11.1
checking host system type... i686-apple-darwin8.11.1
checking target system type... i686-apple-darwin8.11.1
Canonicalised to: i386-apple-darwin
checking for path to top of build tree... /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/work/ghc-6.6.1
checking version of ghc... 6.6
checking for ghc-pkg matching /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_ghc/work/ghc-bootstrap/bin/ghc... no
checking for ghc-pkg... no
checking whether ghc has readline package... no
checking for nhc... no
checking for nhc98... no
checking for hbc... no
checking whether #! works in shell scripts... yes
checking for perl... /opt/local/bin/perl
checking if your perl works in shell scripts... yes
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

I'm attaching what I hope is the config.log file.

Mike H.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Assigning to maintainer.

[tobypeterson]

Sounds like you need to install Xcode Tools. ​http://developer.apple.com/technology/xcode.html

[tobypeterson]

Although, since perl worked... it's possible that "i686-apple-darwin8.11.1" is tripping it up.

[tobypeterson]

Ah, this is the same issue as #17337. Please upgrade your Xcode Tools installation: ​http://developer.apple.com/technology/xcode.html

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