(when doing gmake in the fptools directory.)
../../../ghc/driver/ghc-inplace -o DtdToHaskell -cpp -fglasgow-exts -syslib text
-H40m -Onot DtdToHaskell.o DtdToTypeDefPP.o
/usr/local/pub-bkb/ghc/fptools/hslibs/data/libHSdata.a(FiniteMap__1.o)(.text+0x38):
undefined reference to `__init_GlaExts'
/usr/local/pub-bkb/ghc/fptools/hslibs/data/libHSdata.a(FiniteMap__1.o)(.text+0x3c):
undefined reference to `__init_GlaExts'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
This cryptic message goes away if you add "-syslib lang" to the command line.
Should this be implied by -fglasgow-exts?
Anyway apart from this I now have a shiny new compiled-from-source GHC, for the
first time in two months. Thanks again Simon M!