On 7 feb 2010, at 19:52, Lars Viklund wrote: > On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 05:12:23PM +0000, Ben Millwood wrote: >>> This failed with just the text "Bus error". I searched the HTTPBis git >>> repository, but couldn't find the text "Bus error". I don't have a clue of >>> how to fix this. >> "Bus error" is a message generated by the operating system. On OS X, >> it can mean a null dereference, which is very unusual. > > You did not mention whether the machine running your OS X was a PowerPC > or an "Intel" machine. > > On non-x86 platforms, a bus error is usually caused by misaligned memory > accesses. Unlike the x86 which silently and expensively fixes any > misaligned accesses, sane processors kick and scream, resulting in a bus > error. > > Such things tend to happen quite often when development of a software > mainly takes place on x86 family chips, and are revealed when some poor > soul on an UltraSparcIII tries to run them.
I'm on X86, Snow Leopard. I'm running GHC 6.10.2. -chris_______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe