This failure is handled better by 5.02.2; it at least tells you to use -fvia-C in the error message.
So the real problem is that the debian people should upgrade what they distribute from 5.02 to 5.02.2. IIRC 5.02 contained a couple of serious segfaulting bugs which were fixed in 5.02.1, so it would be nice if Debian shipped a less buggy ghc to the world. J | -----Original Message----- | From: Sigbjorn Finne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 11:30 PM | To: Brett Giles | Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: Re: Compiler 5.02 asked me to report a bug. | | | Hi, | | thanks for a fine bug report. The panic you're running | into is something that could be handled more gracefully | by the compiler. | | Workaround is simple, just add -fvia-C to your GHC | command-line. | | --sigbjorn | | btw, I'd encourage you to make your Postgres Haskell | binding available to other Haskell programmers. Looks | like there's plenty of good stuff in there. | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Brett Giles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:31 | Subject: Compiler 5.02 asked me to report a bug. | | | > Hi, While using green-card to create an interface for | postgres database | > access, I recieved the following when I executed | > | > ghc -c PG.hs -o PG.o -fglasgow-exts -i/usr/local/gc-2.03/lib/ghc | > -package text -package data -package util | > | > | > ghc-5.02: panic! (the `impossible' happened, GHC version 5.02): | > Native code generator can't handle foreign call | > {-_ccall-}__casm ``do {PGresult * t;int result; | > t = (PGresult *)%0; | > do { result = PQnfields( t ); | > | > %r = (int)(result);} while(0);} while(0);'' | > | > Please report it as a compiler bug to | [EMAIL PROTECTED], | > or http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghc/. | > | > | > I am using a newly compiled version of green-card (2.03) on Debian | > testing. This is interfacing to postgres version 7.1.3, | standard Debian | > install. | > | > The ghc is the standard Debian testing install asl well. | > | > I have attached the PG.gc ,hs and .hi files, as well as an optional | > include file used for hugs... | > | > Please note, this interface has been working for hugs (albeit with | problems) | > | > Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist | in further | > debugging. | > | > | > Brett Giles | > Grad Student in formal methods, University of Calgary, | > http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~gilesb | > | > | .. | | _______________________________________________ | Glasgow-haskell-bugs mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs | _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs