It seems 10.5/PPC/6.8 is currently a lethal combination. (not x86 though, nor 10.4/ppc).
Here's the ticket, add yourself to the CC list. http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1843 haskell: > I ultimately failed to get 6.8.1 working on OS X 10.5 (with XCode > 3.0). > > The compile finished, the only odd thing was the often multiply > repeated message "unknown scattered relocation type 4" during > compilation. I have the configure and build log, but I doubt it holds > anything useful. > > So now I have a compiler/stage1/ghc-6.8.1 and compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace > whcih > work, and a compiler/stage2/ghc-6.8.1 and compiler/stage2/ghc-inplace that > Segmentation Fault when I try to run either. > > "make install" works, but installs a Segmentation Faulting compiler. > > I give up until someone else can report a recipe for success or posts > a binary for powerpc G4 or has a really convincing hypothesis. > > The good news is that the ghc-6.6.1 leftover from OS 10.4.x still works. > > -- > Chris > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Brian P. O'Hanlon wrote: > >> On Nov 6, 2007 1:29 AM, Manuel M T Chakravarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> A full binary distribution of GHC 6.8.1 for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) is > >>> available from > >>> > >>> > >>> http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/haskell/ghc-6.8.1-i386-apple-darwin.tar.bz2 > >> You do not perchance have one for powerpc, do you? I attempted to > >> bootstrap from GHC 6.6.1, but I keep getting errors about "Illegal > >> Instructions", both using the native gcc 4.0 and my own 4.2 compiler. > >> The error is like this: > > > > I am also failing to compile ghc-6.8.1 for a powerpc (G4 powerbook). I am > > giving a try to leave out the extra src tarball to see if that avoids it > > dying > > again while trying to compile parsec. Of course, it takes many hours to > > try to > > compile. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users